An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

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

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

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

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.