The first of the iconic American roadside attractions lives on as a college mascot.

An important piece of history from mankind's journey to the moon sits in the lobby of a government science lab.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

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

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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

Crisp mountain water cascades over volcanic rocks at these secluded falls outside Pagosa Springs.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

The most easily accessible intact vertical mine shaft structure remaining in the Red Mountain Mining District.

Most of this “research national monument” still lies buried beneath the earth.

An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

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