High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

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

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

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

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.