A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.