Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Tuba City, Arizona
One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.
El Paso, Texas
Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.
Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona
This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.
Glamis, California
This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
Ramah, New Mexico
A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Holbrook, Arizona
Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.
Clarkdale, Arizona
An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.
Clarkdale, Arizona
The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.
Rimrock, Arizona
The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Silver City, New Mexico
Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.
Dateland, Arizona
Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.
Waddell, Arizona
These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.
Lordsburg, New Mexico
Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.
Ajo, Arizona
This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.
Tempe, Arizona
A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.
Mesa, Arizona
These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.
Roosevelt, Arizona
This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.