The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

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

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This is one really big nut.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.