Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.