This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

A one-of-a-kind blind-accessible, interactive mural.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

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

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.