For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

The gambling entrepreneur who built a city was also an avid collector of classic cars.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

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

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The oldest standing building in Las Vegas was established by Mormon settlers.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

A quiet rock and botanical garden is the beautiful centerpiece of Fort Lewis College.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

A land of debatable treasure.