An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

A small shop filled with history, mystery, folklore, and more.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.