A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This is one really big nut.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.