Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

The gambling entrepreneur who built a city was also an avid collector of classic cars.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

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

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

Let Ouray’s tallest waterfall sweep your breath away on a dealer’s choice of scenic hikes.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.