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

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

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

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.

Home to fossils and other specimens from the Western Interior Seaway.

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

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.