A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

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

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

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

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

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

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

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

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

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

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