The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Submerged lava formations create incredible waterworks.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

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

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.