A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

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

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

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

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

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

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

What is the Thing?

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.