Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

This is one really big nut.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

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

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

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

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.