This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

What is the Thing?

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.