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Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

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

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

From this scenic rockface, you can still see the paths Western pioneers followed.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

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.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

This 39-foot-tall version of a Hopi figure stands in Arizona.

Giant jars and pots littered alongside an Arizona freeway

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.