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The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

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

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

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

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.

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

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.