Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

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

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.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

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

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.