Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

This small canyon park was once the main street of Silver City—until a flood washed it away.

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

Once a mining boom town, Mogollon’s well-preserved buildings are tucked away in the mountains of the Gila National Forest.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

All that's left of a former camp and settlement is a plaque commemorating the water source found at this remote site.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

One of America's oldest stadiums was also the site of one of the most brutal anti-labor acts in American history.

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.

Commercial aircraft storage facility, where you can see a TWA 747.

Over 100 miles from the ocean, this ship-shaped building was built in honor of the owner's sailor son.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.