L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Commercial aircraft storage facility, where you can see a TWA 747.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

This extraordinary project brings water from the Colorado River to Southern California.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.