This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.

What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.

The largest collection of political commercials in the world.

This abandoned, windowless concrete block is one of the strangest buildings in Tulsa.

One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.