Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

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

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

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

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

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

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.