This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.

An intentionally grounded cargo ship remains half-buried in the sand.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

Fiery-hot river rocks make soup sizzle at this restaurant showcasing indigenous Chinantec cuisine.

In a town defined by its incredible trees, having a shrine in one just makes sense.

The stoutest tree in the world.

This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.

A 40-foot waterfall hidden in a desert oasis.

Tucked away in a secluded canyon, this hidden hot spring’s thermal waters have been soothing soakers for generations.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

One of the largest historical collections on Texas and the American West.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.