Fallon, Nevada
The Shoe Tree of Middlegate
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
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Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Phoenix, Arizona
This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.
Chandler, Arizona
Stock up on all your horror paraphernalia at this year-round Halloween emporium.
Jerome, Arizona
A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Elko, Nevada
This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.
Willow Grove, Nevada
It bustled briefly in the late 1860s, but little is now left at this stage stop on the Hamilton/Pioche Stage and Freight Road
Mesa, Arizona
Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.
Florence, Arizona
At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Boise, Idaho
The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.
Blackfoot, Idaho
This museum glorifies the humble potato.
Lava Hot Springs, Idaho
A former sanitarium where soldiers were sent to recover in the healing waters of hot springs.
Wickenburg, Arizona
Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Imlay, Nevada
The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."
Lamoille, Nevada
Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.
Elko, Nevada
The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.
Boulder City, Nevada
An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.
Blythe, California
Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.