Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

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

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

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

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

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

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

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

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

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

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

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

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

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

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.