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A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

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

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

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

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

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

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.