The only remaining sod house Oklahoma built by a homesteader in 1894.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.