"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

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

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.