
PlaceLittlefield
Glitter Mountain
This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.
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Strange places, unforgettable stories, and road-trip ideas from licensed Atlas Obscura picks, all gathered into one bilingual guide.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

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

El Tiradito honors a man allegedly murdered for having an affair with his mother-in-law.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.