It’s hard to believe this hostile landscape was once a health resort.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

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

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

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.

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

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

This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

A Berkeley sidewalk etched with 128 cast-iron poems.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

Hike to the decaying remains of a dream house with a spectacular view.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.