Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

An unusually European Pueblo church is actually the oldest Native American congregation in the United States.

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

The country’s largest collection of southwestern jewelry, along with contemporary Native American art.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

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

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

Most of this “research national monument” still lies buried beneath the earth.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

This cave column thousands of feet below the earth’s surface is rightly named for one of the most colorful park rangers in history.

According to folklore, this grave lies near the site of the “standing death” of one of Japan’s fiercest warriors.

This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

Hilltop garden on the site of an old fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

The trout that grew a winter coat is mounted in its Colorado hometown.

The highest mountain in Hokkaido was the setting for one of Japan’s strangest unsolved mysteries.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.