The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Because there's no place like home.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.