Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.

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

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.