The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

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

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Outsider Art Community.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.