The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

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

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

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.