In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

An eerie illusion of a nun is said to haunt this cathedral’s Baroque-style bell tower.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

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

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.