The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

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.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This is one really big nut.

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

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

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

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.