Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

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

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

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

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.