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

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

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

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

Over 100 miles from the ocean, this ship-shaped building was built in honor of the owner's sailor son.

This 39-foot-tall version of a Hopi figure stands in Arizona.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.