On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

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

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

The gambling entrepreneur who built a city was also an avid collector of classic cars.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

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

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."