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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

An urban laboratory.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

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

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.