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Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.