A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

A community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.

This magical oasis in East Texas is one of the most biodiverse acres in the country.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.