This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

What is the Thing?

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

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

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.