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This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

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

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

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

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

At this research institute, the chile is king.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

This is one really big nut.

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

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.