When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

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

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

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

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.

"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.