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

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

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.