Placerville, California
Gothic Rose Antiques & Curiosities
Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.
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Placerville, California
Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.
Reno, Nevada
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Imlay, Nevada
The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."
Winnemucca, Nevada
This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Ogden, Utah
Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Syracuse, Utah
The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Mack, Colorado
This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Nathrop, Colorado
This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Center, Colorado
One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.