San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico
Quetzalpapálotl Palace
Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.
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San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico
Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.
Tijuana, Mexico
The original home of the Caesar Salad.
West Hollywood, California
A legendary West Hollywood bar where celebrities shoot pool with the locals.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Twentynine Palms, California
An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.
Los Angeles, California
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Tempe, Arizona
You’ll never see the sky the same way after visiting this art installation in Tempe.
Phoenix, Arizona
This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.
Phoenix, Arizona
The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.
Scottsdale, Arizona
A 26-foot-tall jackrabbit celebrates the past and future of the Southwest.
Phoenix, Arizona
Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.
Phoenix, Arizona
Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.
Paris, France
For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.
Paradise Valley, Arizona
A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.
West Hollywood, California
An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Fossilized remains tell the story of the region’s past inside this small, unassuming museum.
Paris, France
Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.