Tucson, Arizona
Hotel Congress
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
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Tucson, Arizona
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
Tucson, Arizona
A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.
Tucson, Arizona
A 1930’s courtroom where John Dillinger and his gang went before a judge.
Tucson, Arizona
Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.
Tucson, Arizona
Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.
Tucson, Arizona
This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The only Native American comic shop in the world.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.
Bushland, Texas
The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Amarillo, Texas
This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.
Amarillo, Texas
A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Amarillo, Texas
These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.