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

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

This is one really big nut.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

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

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

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

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

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

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

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.