The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

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

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

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.