The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

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

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

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

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.