The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.