This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

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

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

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.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

This unassuming building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of cars created by automotive legend Carroll Shelby.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.