New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

Multiple monuments to a grizzled old mutt that survived the landscape of Butte's treacherous Berkeley Pit.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

This unassuming building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of cars created by automotive legend Carroll Shelby.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.