An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

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

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

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

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.