This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The first project by the Bureau of Reclamation illustrates both the upsides and downsides of reclamation.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

An improbable creek near Death Valley, not far from the oldest surviving Euro-American structure in the Mojave Desert.

A bust of the entertainer and politician sits in an alcove at the Palm Springs Airport.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.

The oldest standing building in Las Vegas was established by Mormon settlers.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

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

This spectacular fault escarpment, a popular hang-glider launch point, extends some 30 miles long and towers about 2,500 feet over the valley floors to the west.