The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

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

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

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.