This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.