A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

The gambling entrepreneur who built a city was also an avid collector of classic cars.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.