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

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

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This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

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

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

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

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

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

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.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.