A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.