Tucson, Arizona
Hotel Congress
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
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Tucson, Arizona
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
Tucson, Arizona
Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.
Chimayo, New Mexico
This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Big Sur, California
Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Monterey, California
This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Ensenada, Mexico
Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.
Chihuahua, Mexico
The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.
Guatemala
Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
Weinan, China
A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.
Xian Shi, China
Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.
Xian Shi, China
An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.
Tianjin, China
This massive neon wheel is the only one of its kind to be built over a bridge.
Beijing, China
This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.