A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

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

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

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

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This is one really big nut.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.