Shiprock, New Mexico
Shiprock
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
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Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
New Mexico
One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.
Bosque, New Mexico
The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.
Providence, Rhode Island
Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.
Harrison, Nebraska
A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Harrison, Nebraska
Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.
Chadron, Nebraska
This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.
Casper, Wyoming
Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Guernsey, Wyoming
Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Moran, Wyoming
Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.