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.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Fort Valley, Arizona
At 11,500 feet in elevation, there is no toilet in the state closer to the sky than this one.
Winslow, Arizona
A unique collection of artistic rides
Flagstaff, Arizona
A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.
Chandler, Arizona
Stock up on all your horror paraphernalia at this year-round Halloween emporium.
Holbrook, Arizona
Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.
Chinle, Arizona
Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.
Dateland, Arizona
Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.
Cottonwood, Arizona
Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.
Sells, Arizona
The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.
Tuba City, Arizona
One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.
Chandler, Arizona
Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.
Safford, Arizona
One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.
Tombstone, Arizona
An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.
Yucca, Arizona
This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Littlefield, Arizona
An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
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."
Phoenix, Arizona
A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.