This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.