The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.