One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This is one really big nut.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.