One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

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

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

This is one really big nut.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

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

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.