A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

An urban laboratory.

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

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This is one really big nut.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

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

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.