Farmington, New Mexico
Bisti Badlands
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
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Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Yuma, Arizona
Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.
Fortuna Foothills, Arizona
An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.
Dateland, Arizona
Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.
Calipatria, California
Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."
Calipatria, California
At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Borrego Springs, California
Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.
Mecca, California
These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Irvington, New York
This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Woodstock, New Hampshire
These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.
York, Maine
The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Canterbury, New Hampshire
Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Hartford, Connecticut
This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Springfield, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Stroll among more than 50 large-scale sculptures created by world-class artists.