This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

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

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

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

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

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.