Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

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

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Commemorating the planting of trees by the Atlanta chapter of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.