This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

This is one really big nut.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.