A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

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

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

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

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

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

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

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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