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Museum of Death

New Orleans, Louisiana

Museum of Death

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

National World War II Museum

New Orleans, Louisiana

National World War II Museum

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

An abandoned school bus under the Cisco sky.

Cisco, Utah

Home of the Brave

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Potash evaporation ponds

Moab, Utah

Potash Evaporation Ponds

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Hole N" the Rock

Moab, Utah

Hole N" the Rock

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Church Rock

Monticello, Utah

Church Rock

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Sculpture of Mike the Headless Chicken.

Fruita, Colorado

'Mike the Headless Chicken' Sculpture

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Fresh snow accentuates a warm ancient Puebloan city.

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Mesa Verde National Park

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The outside of the museum.
Permanently Closed

Trinidad, Colorado

Art Cartopia Museum

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

The Ludlow Ghost Town

Trinidad, Colorado

Ludlow Massacre Site

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

Capulin Volcano

Des Moines, New Mexico

Capulin Volcano

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The Second Amendment Cowboy

Amarillo, Texas

The Second Amendment Cowboy

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

"Ozymandias on the Plains", pictured with the sock vandalism.

Amarillo, Texas

'Ozymandias on the Plains'

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Combine City has 14 "planted" combine tractors...

Amarillo, Texas

Combine City

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

VW Slug Bug Ranch
Permanently Closed

Amarillo, Texas

VW Slug Bug Ranch

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

Ute Council Tree

Delta, Colorado

Ute Council Tree

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

Marfa Lights

Marfa, Texas

Marfa Lights

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Baby Head Cemetery

Llano, Texas

Baby Head Cemetery

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

The Paisano Pete statue

Fort Stockton, Texas

Paisano Pete

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Contrabando
Permanently Closed

Redford, Texas

Contrabando

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Target Marathon
Permanently Closed

Alpine, Texas

Target Marathon

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

Hotel Paisano

Marfa, Texas

Hotel Paisano

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Prada Marfa.

Valentine, Texas

Prada Marfa

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

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