Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.