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Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The oldest standing building in Las Vegas was established by Mormon settlers.

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

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

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

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A quiet rock and botanical garden is the beautiful centerpiece of Fort Lewis College.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.