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

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A land of debatable treasure.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

These boots are made for selfies.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.