A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.

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

The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.