High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

This is one really big nut.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.