Nelson, Nevada
Nelson
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
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Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.
Flagstaff, Arizona
An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.
Rimrock, Arizona
The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.
Winslow, Arizona
A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.
Joseph City, Arizona
Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.
Holbrook, Arizona
This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.
Winslow, Arizona
This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.
Sacramento, California
A replica of the first public theater built in California.
Malibu, California
View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.
Los Angeles, California
An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.
Twentynine Palms, California
In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.
Twentynine Palms, California
In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.
Joshua Tree, California
While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.
Yucca Mesa, California
An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.
Clark County, Nevada
This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.
Veyo, Utah
A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.
Panguitch, Utah
If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.
Panguitch, Utah
The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Salina, Utah
Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.
Green River, Utah
Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.