A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

What is the Thing?

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An urban laboratory.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

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

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A land of debatable treasure.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.