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Camp Verde, Arizona
World's Largest Kokopelli
This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.
34.5754, -111.8821
Yavapai County, Arizona
Montezuma Castle
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
34.6116, -111.8351
Tempe, Arizona
Guadalupe Cemetery
A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.
33.3824, -111.9557
Clark County, Nevada
Black Butte Petroglyph Trail
The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.
36.5077, -114.1959
New Washoe City, Nevada
Bowers Mansion
Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.
39.2875, -119.8374
Winnemucca, Nevada
Humboldt Museum
Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants
40.9772, -117.7446
White Pine County, Nevada
Hamilton Ghost Town
A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.
39.2531, -115.4850
Washoe County, Nevada
Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
39.1836, -119.9270
Las Vegas, Nevada
Atomic Museum
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
36.1141, -115.1484
Nashville, Tennessee
Ryman Alley
The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.
36.1611, -86.7784
Nashville, Tennessee
Captain William Driver Grave
The grave of the 19th-century sea captain who coined the phrase "Old Glory" can be found in this quiet cemetery.
36.1475, -86.7695
Rock, West Virginia
Lake Shawnee Amusement Park
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
37.4055, -81.1438
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Madame Sherri's Castle
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
42.8647, -72.5191
Millbrook, Alabama
Spectre Set Ruins
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
32.4480, -86.3316
Clanton, Alabama
Big Peach Water Tower
The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.
32.8876, -86.6267
Nashville, Tennessee
Hidden Heart of Music Row
It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.
36.1486, -86.7931
Nashville, Tennessee
President James K. Polk's Tomb
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
36.1666, -86.7840
Nashville, Tennessee
Concrete Parthenon
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
36.1497, -86.8132
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