Mound House, Nevada
VW Beetle Spider
On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
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Mound House, Nevada
On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
San Bernardino County, California
The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.
Searchlight, Nevada
Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Pie Town, New Mexico
This popular pitstop lives up to its name.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Elk City, Oklahoma
An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."
Tacoma, Washington
Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.
Tacoma, Washington
A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.
Trinidad, Colorado
The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
Vashon, Washington
Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.
Quincy, Washington
This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.
Leavenworth, Washington
One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.
Monroe, Washington
The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Ashford, Washington
Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.