This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.