A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

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

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

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

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

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

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

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

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

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

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

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This California eatery has made a name for itself by embracing Asia's rich history of eating bugs.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.