Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

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

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

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

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

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

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.