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This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

Over 100 miles from the ocean, this ship-shaped building was built in honor of the owner's sailor son.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.