"Only the devil could play golf here."

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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

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

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.