Kimberly, Idaho
Shoshone Falls
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Places I've been
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Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Pie Town, New Mexico
This popular pitstop lives up to its name.
Victor, Colorado
A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.
Aztec, New Mexico
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
Santa Clara, New Mexico
A memorial dedicated to veterans of all wars especially those lost in Bataan defending the Philippines during World War II.
Silver City, New Mexico
Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Phoenix, Arizona
The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.
Phoenix, Arizona
The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.
Phoenix, Arizona
A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.
Phoenix, Arizona
A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.
Phoenix, Arizona
The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Picacho, Arizona
A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.
Tucson, Arizona
Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.
Tucson, Arizona
An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.
Tucson, Arizona
This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.
Jensen, Utah
Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.
Denver, Colorado
The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).
Leadville, Colorado
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
Clark, Colorado
A long and winding trail through history led to the current iteration of this mountaintop tower.
Penrose, Colorado
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.