Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

This is one really big nut.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.