One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

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

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

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.