A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Outsider Art Community.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

The last Americana on Route 66.

Mexican food and folk art.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

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

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

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

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.