One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.