This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Ghost hunters have fueled up at this diner for more than a century.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

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

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.