This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This is one really big nut.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

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

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

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

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

Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”