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Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

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

This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.