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Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”