A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A land of debatable treasure.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.