A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.