Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Origami in the Garden
Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.
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Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.
Chimayo, New Mexico
This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Montrose, Colorado
An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.
Fruita, Colorado
It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.
Harrison, Nebraska
A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Shawnee, Wyoming
Population: 1.
Casper, Wyoming
A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.
Rawlins, Wyoming
This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Panguitch, Utah
The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.