Not everything is bigger in Texas.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

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

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

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

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

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

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

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

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.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.