Joshua Tree, California
The Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
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Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
Twentynine Palms, California
This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.
Twentynine Palms, California
While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.
San Bernardino County, California
An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.
Cadiz, California
Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.
San Bernardino County, California
A remote field of nearly pristine sand dunes in the heart of the Mojave Desert.
Yucca Valley, California
On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
Nevada
A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Boulder City, Nevada
A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.
Kingman, Arizona
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.
Tucson, Arizona
This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.
Tucson, Arizona
One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.
Tucson, Arizona
Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.
Ajo, Arizona
A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.
Oracle, Arizona
An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Rimrock, Arizona
This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water
Payson, Arizona
A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.
Marana, Arizona
Commercial aircraft storage facility, where you can see a TWA 747.
Prescott, Arizona
This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.
Picacho, Arizona
Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.