Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

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

Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

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

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

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

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

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

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

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

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The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.