Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

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

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

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

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

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.