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A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.