A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

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

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.