A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

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

This is one really big nut.

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

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

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.