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

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

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At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

A stone face watches over the river.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.