The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

A land of debatable treasure.