In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.

Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.