A giant gopher perched on top of a pint-sized Mexican restaurant pays tribute to classic roadside architecture

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

A former sanitarium where soldiers were sent to recover in the healing waters of hot springs.

One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.

A camera with an ongoing exposure time of 1,000 years.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.