Denver, Colorado
Blue Mustang
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
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Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Lebanon, Kansas
Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Paxton, Nebraska
What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.