Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.