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

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

What is the Thing?

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

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

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.