Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

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

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

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

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.