Liberty, Missouri
Jesse James Bank Museum
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
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Liberty, Missouri
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
Kearney, Missouri
The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Mountainair, New Mexico
The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.
Grants, New Mexico
A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.
Velarde, New Mexico
A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.
New Mexico
One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
A beautiful botanical garden in the heart of the Natural State.
Jasper, Arkansas
These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Enterprise, Alabama
A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.
Montgomery, Alabama
The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.
Canton, North Carolina
On a clear afternoon, you can see mountain peaks more than 40 miles away from this clearing in the Pisgah National Forest.
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.