The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

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

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

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.