While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

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.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

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

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

A beautiful final resting place with some surprising residents.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.