Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.