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

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

A rescue facility that caters specifically to wolf-dog hybrids, and educates about these unique animals.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.