Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.