This hotel has hardly changed in over a century, like a time capsule of old Oregon.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

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

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A large instrument played by the wind.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."