The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.