Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

A former Catholic seminary, now a Washington State Park, preserves undeveloped lands on Lake Washington and also hosts a luxury hotel.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

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

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

This is one really big nut.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."