Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A land of debatable treasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The whole world in one water tank.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.