This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.