The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

A mining camp built around an unexpected occurrence of silver.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.