This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

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

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

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.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

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

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

The taxidermy remains of the mighty beast made famous by a Crocodile Dundee film.