Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

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

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.