Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

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

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.