This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

Visitors to this public park will also find the ruins of an old western fort.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

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

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.