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A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

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

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.