A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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

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

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

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

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

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

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

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

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.