Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

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

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."