A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

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

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

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

The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

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

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.