The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

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

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

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

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

A land of debatable treasure.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.