This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

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

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.