Rodeo, New Mexico
Chiricahua Desert Museum
This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.
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Rodeo, New Mexico
This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.
Alcalde, New Mexico
This ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande is home to a little-known LGBTQ history of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Marie Chabot, and two-spirit Navajo weaver Hastiin Klah.
Hernandez, New Mexico
The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.
Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.
Silver City, New Mexico
A unique gallery filled with art that is interactive, accessible, and generates a ripple effect of creativity
Cañones, New Mexico
A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
Phoenix, Arizona
Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Williams, Arizona
A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.
Leupp, Arizona
The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.
Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Tuba City, Arizona
One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.
Sedona, Arizona
This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.
Casa Grande, Arizona
This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.
Camp Verde, Arizona
This comprehensive collection features Native American artifacts dating back centuries.
Camp Verde, Arizona
Inside this garden, visitors are offered a glimpse into how inhabitants of the region survived centuries ago.
Chinle, Arizona
Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.
Dateland, Arizona
Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.
Ajo, Arizona
A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.
Scottsdale, Arizona
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.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.
Holbrook, Arizona
Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.