A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

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

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

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

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.