Goodsprings, Nevada
Pioneer Saloon
The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.
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Goodsprings, Nevada
The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
Quartzsite, Arizona
A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
Lordsburg, New Mexico
The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.
Deming, New Mexico
A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.
Tombstone, Arizona
An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.
Bisbee, Arizona
This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Marfa, Texas
Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’
Sanderson, Texas
Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
Langtry, Texas
Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.
Uvalde, Texas
A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.
DeQuincy, Louisiana
Thousands of railroad artifacts are housed in one of the last remaining mission revival style train depots in the South.
Rayne, Louisiana
The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Chiriaco Summit, California
A museum dedicated to the life and career of the gifted but controversial general.
Mecca, California
World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.