Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

This 39-foot-tall version of a Hopi figure stands in Arizona.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A maze-like landscape of globular rocks surrounding two Arizona lakes.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This mural of the late David Bowie features eight colorful panels showcasing Bowie’s various alter egos.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

An improbable creek near Death Valley, not far from the oldest surviving Euro-American structure in the Mojave Desert.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.