The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

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

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

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

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

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

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

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.