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

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

This 4,000-acre restored grassland in northern Illinois is home to a range of native flora and fauna, from clovers to plovers to a herd of bison.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.