The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

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The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.

One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

Browse an impressive collection of passenger and military aircraft dating back to World War II.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Enormous photography collection housed in a study center co-founded by Ansel Adams.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.