A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.