Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

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

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

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

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.