A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

Eccentric sculptures made from repurposed materials peppers this former farm.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.