The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

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

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

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

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

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

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

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

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.