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Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.