A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

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

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

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

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

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

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

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.