A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

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

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

What is the Thing?

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

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