A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.