Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

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

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.