The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

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

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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