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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

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

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This is one really big nut.

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

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.