Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

The seventh largest spring in the world.

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

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

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

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

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

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.