A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

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

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

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

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

A towering sculpture, likened to an adult toy, sparked local and national debate.

This roadside installation gives travelers a chance to stretch their legs. Don't worry—it doesn’t bite!

This convenience store-turned-brewpub serves up inventive Indian cuisine and a wide selection of beers.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

This large garden vase urn has nothing to do with the seventh U.S. President—it was designed by one landscape designer to honor another landscape designer's contributions to the National Mall.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

This Harriet Tubman mural went viral for kids interacting with it.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.