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

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.