Los Angeles, California
Philosophical Research Society
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles, California
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Tucson, Arizona
Miniature art that tells an enormous story.
Tucson, Arizona
Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.
Green Valley, Arizona
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Life-size statues of characters from 'The Wizard of Oz' stand at the one of the early screening sites for the 1939 movie.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Chinle, Arizona
Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Mexican Hat, Utah
This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Aztec, New Mexico
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Cortez, Colorado
A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.
Corona, New Mexico
Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Gateway, Colorado
Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.