More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

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

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

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

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

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

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

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

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.