Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

These unique volcanic rock formations offer the perfect opportunity to camp and hike.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

What is the Thing?

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

More than 150 working bells from churches and one-room-schoolhouses across the Great Plains are assembled in one man's yard.

This three-dimensional brick mural is the longest of its kind in the United States.