This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

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

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of Northern New Mexico's geology.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

This feature of the city's aqueduct has achieved numismatic fame thanks to its appearance on Mexican banknotes.

This upscale restaurant specializing in Michoacán cuisine serves sauces tied to important life events.

This former 17th-century church now houses a university's public library along with several mural masterworks.

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

This 16th-century church now has a heavenly second life as a cultural hub of Pátzcuaro.

One of Mexico's rare urban natural parks features waterfalls and a working fish farm.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.