At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.