The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

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.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of Northern New Mexico's geology.

This cemetery is one of the last remaining traces of a drowned old Western town.