Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

Oldest and rarest examples of telecommunication in the world.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.