Escondido, California
Elfin Forest
This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.
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Escondido, California
This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.
Encinitas, California
The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.
Encinitas, California
These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.
Del Mar, California
This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Coolidge, Arizona
Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Tucson, Arizona
Miniature art that tells an enormous story.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.
Holbrook, Arizona
This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.
Yuma, Arizona
Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.
Chloride, Arizona
All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.
Pine, Arizona
The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.
Leupp, Arizona
Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.
Bisbee, Arizona
Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.
Tombstone, Arizona
The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.