All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

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

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

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

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

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

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

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

This trench, some 2,300 feet long, is only the most prominent relic of a largely forgotten episode of placer mining on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.