This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

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."

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

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

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

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This Chinese art gallery is hidden inside the Sunrider Corporation headquarters.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.