This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

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

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

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

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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

What is the Thing?

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.