One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

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

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

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

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.