Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

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.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.