This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

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

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

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

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.