This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

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

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

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

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

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

It bustled briefly in the late 1860s, but little is now left at this stage stop on the Hamilton/Pioche Stage and Freight Road

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

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

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."