This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.