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

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

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

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

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

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

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

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.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.