While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

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

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

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.