Places mossum Wants to Go

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

A herd of roughly 250 American bison roam these plains.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

America's first public mental health facility.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.