The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.

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

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

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.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

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