White Sands National Monument

Sand dunes for miles, the hot sun beating down without a cloud in sight, the glistening white sands of New Mexico.

Nestled between the San Andres Mountains to the east and the Sacramento Mountains to the west, here, great wave-like ...

Pinnacle Peak

Standing above the ground at 3, 170 feet, Pinnacle Peak dominates the Sonoran Desert landscape. Largely composed of granite that was formed more than 1.4 billion years ago, the rock was exposed after years of erosion and uplifting. Minerals that ...

Tucson, Arizona

One of the oldest inhabited spaces in America, Tucson, Arizona has been home to humans for over 12,000 years. The name Tucson is a native word meaning "The Spring at the Base of Black Mountain."

The Santa Cruz River proved ...

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, the thriving metropolis nicknamed "the Valley of the Sun," takes its name from Greek legend. Inspired by the hundreds of miles of irrigation canals left behind by the ancient Hohokam civilization, early settlers envisioned this new city rising, like ...

J. Paul Getty Museum

"In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized." --J. Paul Getty, 1965.

As a young child visiting museums in Europe, J. Paul Getty was impressed with the artwork that he was seeing and ...

Dealey Plaza

Who really killed JFK?

Though the assassin's identity is hotly debated, everyone can agree that President Kennedy was shot in downtown Dallas' Dealey Plaza. Other than that, not much is known about the history of the plaza, sometimes considered the ...

Chinatown

Imagine coming to a country with only the clothes on your back, little money, and only a glimmer of hope. San Francisco's "Little Shanghai" is the informal capital city of the Chinese population of Northern California where Chinese immigrants came ...

Chase Field

Take me out to the ball game.. The song is synonymous with America's pastime and rings out every season in every city including Phoenix, AZ. Chase Field is the current home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, but baseball has been present ...

San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm

The San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm provides enough energy to power the nearby city of Palm Springs and the entire Coachella Valley. Located within the San Bernardino Mountains in one of the nation's deepest mountain passes, the wind farm contains ...

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant

Power on! With three pressurized reactors, Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear energy facility in the United States. U.S. power plants have no more than three reactors, although some foreign plants have more than four. Located 50 ...