The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

A replica that won't float away.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.