This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

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

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.