A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Twelve decommissioned shipping containers evoke a reclining person in Marfa, Texas.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

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.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.