The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.

This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.