This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

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

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

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

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

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.