A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

An abandoned sawmill from more than 134 years ago stands testament to the ambition of one man.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

Town not known for anything except its strange name.