The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.