This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

This is one really big nut.

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

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The man who wasn't there.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.