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

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

Lighthouse-cum-columbarium where "Nor'easters" and grandma go to die.