Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.

An improbable water gap where the West Walker River, paralleled by a state highway, crosses the Singatse Range between Smith and Mason Valleys.

The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

An abandoned mine serves as a stark memorial of when mercury was a valued strategic metal.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.