Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

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

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.