Must-see attractions in The Southwest

  • Alf Engen Ski Museum

    Park City

    Interactive exhibits tell the history of skiing in the West. There's also a virtual-reality ski theater and 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum. It's at Utah…

  • Tucson Portrait Project

    Tucson

    This wall-to-wall mosaic of about 7000 Tucsonian faces is a simple yet powerful testament to the diversity of the city's population. It's in the underpass…

  • Yaki Point

    Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

    With dramatic views to both the east and west, Yaki Point is one of the best spots to catch the sunrise. Because it's accessible year-round by shuttle or…

  • Fremont Indian State Park & Museum

    Southwestern Utah

    Fremont Indian State Park & Museum contains more than 500 panels of Fremont Indian rock art on 12 interpretive trails, one of the largest collections in…

  • Pima Point

    Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

    Pima Point has good views of Hermit Camp on the Tonto Platform and the Hermit Rapids on the Colorado River, as well as some sections of the Hermit Trail…

  • Wheeler Historic Farm

    Salt Lake City

    Kids can help farmhands milk cows and there are also tractor-drawn wagon rides into the wooded back acres at this historic 1898 farm. Tours of the farm…

  • Museum of Art

    Wasatch Mountains

    The what’s-this-doing-here Museum of Art at Brigham Young University is one of the biggest in the Southwest, with a concentration on American art.

  • Church History Museum

    Salt Lake City

    Adjoining Temple Sq, this interactive museum has impressive exhibits of pioneer history and fine art.

  • Coronado National Forest

    Tucson

    This 2781-sq-mile national forest includes the Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains, north of Tucson.

  • Cassidy Arch

    Southwestern Utah

    A 1.5-mile trails ascends 950ft to a spectacular red-rock arch.

  • GRAND CANYON, USA - AUGUST 30: Lodge on August 30, 2007 in Grand Canyon: Entrance to the Bright Angel Lodge. Designed in 1935, the Lodge is a neuralgic point of activity in the South Rim.

    Bright Angel Lodge

    Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

    Commissioned by the Fred Harvey Company, designed by Mary Colter and completed in 1935, the log-and-stone Bright Angel Lodge offered canyon travelers…

  • The ranch and memorial containing the ashes of the late novelist D.H. Lawrence, known for writing Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) and The Rainbow (1915), is located 20 miles north of Taos on a mountain slope. Fans all over the world visit the remote location to pay respects to one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. (Photo by Kim Kulish/Corbis via Getty Images)
DH Lawrence Ranch & Memorial

    DH Lawrence Ranch & Memorial

    Taos

    In 1924, Mabel Dodge Luhan gave DH Lawrence's wife, Frieda, this 160-acre ranch, now administered by the University of New Mexico, where the Lawrence…

  • Las Vegas, United States - November 24, 2022: A picture of the Mirage with a large ad of the show Love by Cirque du Soleil, about the Beatles, on its facade.
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    Mirage

    Las Vegas

    Having partially shaken off its historically tropical theme, the Mirage retains its huge rain forest atrium of lush, tropical foliage and has updated the…

  • Grand Canyon El Tovar Hotel

    El Tovar

    Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

    Built in 1905 as a railroad hotel, El Tovar was designed by Charles Whittlesey as a blend of Swiss chalet and the more rustic style that would come to…

  • Historic Downtown

    Arizona

    Montezuma St, west of Courthouse Plaza, was once the infamous Whiskey Row, where 40 drinking establishments supplied suds to rough-hewn cowboys, miners…

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    Gilcrease Orchard

    Las Vegas

    Long before golf courses, lawns and palm trees filled Las Vegas with greenery, there were a few farmers who eked out lives here in the tough Mojave Desert…

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    Sabino Canyon

    Tucson

    Sabino Canyon, a lush, pretty and shaded mini-gorge, is well worth a visit in fine weather. Narrated hop-on, hop-off tram tours along the Sabino Canyon…

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    Petroglyph National Monument

    Albuquerque

    The lava fields preserved in this large desert park, west of the Rio Grande, are adorned with more than 23,000 ancient petroglyphs (1000 BC–AD 1700)…

  • Las Vegas, USA - May 24, 2022: Hustle and bustle of crowds during the day on the famous Fremont Street in the heart of downtown Las Vegas with its Casinos, Neon Lights and Street Entertainment.
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    Fremont Street Experience

    Las Vegas

    A five-block pedestrian mall, between Main St and N Las Vegas Blvd, topped by an arched steel canopy and filled with computer-controlled lights, the…

  • A cable car at the Sandia Peak Tramway approaching the top of Sandia Mountain, with the city of Albuquerque in the background.

    Sandia Peak Tramway

    Albuquerque

    The United States' longest aerial tram climbs 2.7 miles from the desert floor in the northeast corner of the city to the summit of 10,378ft Sandia Crest…

  • Palms

    Las Vegas

    The ultramodern Palms casino hotel burns brightly with a mix of entertainment designed to seduce gen-Xers and -Yers. Infamous for its starring role on MTV…

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    St Francis Cathedral

    Santa Fe

    Santa Fe’s French-born bishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy – hero of Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop – set about building this cathedral in 1869. Its…

  • This historic rancho, now a living history museum, dates from the early 1700s and was an important paraje or stopping point along the famous Camino Real, the Royal Road from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico. | Location: near Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

    Rancho de las Golondrinas

    Santa Fe

    Built as a fortified residence along the Camino Real, the 'Ranch of the Swallows' is nearly as old as Santa Fe itself. Now it’s a 200-acre living museum,…

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    Salt Lake Temple

    Salt Lake City

    Lording over Temple Sq is the impressive 210ft-tall Salt Lake Temple. Atop the tallest spire stands a statue of the angel Moroni, who appeared to LDS…

  • SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, USA, April, 4, 2014: Exterior view of the New Mexico Museum of Art, downtown, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    New Mexico Museum of Art

    Santa Fe

    Built in 1917 and a prime early example of Santa Fe’s Pueblo Revival architecture, the New Mexico Museum of Art has spent a century collecting and…

  • Treasure Island

    Las Vegas

    In recent years, TI, now privately owned, has undergone a progressive transformation away from its family friendly 'pirate' roots toward a more adult…

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    ABQ BioPark Zoo

    Albuquerque

    Set on 60 shady acres beside the Rio Grande and home to chimpanzees, giraffes, elephants, crocodiles and more, this zoo puts on a busy schedule of events…

  • Statue of Our Lady and Sanctuary of Guadalupe near downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; Shutterstock ID 1475202815; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

    Santuario de Guadalupe

    Santa Fe

    The oldest shrine in the US to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of Mexico, this adobe church was constructed between 1776 and 1796, though there have…

  • Planet Hollywood

    Las Vegas

    The former Aladdin resort was swimming in a sea of debt when Planet Hollywood bought it in 2003. Now owned by Caesars group, the property's flashy casino…

  • San Miguel Mission

"Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA - March 18, 2013: People walking past the beautiful Mission San Miguel in the historic old town section of Santa Fe."
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    San Miguel Mission

    Santa Fe

    Erected from 1610 onwards, by and for the Tlaxcalan Indians who arrived from Mexico with Santa Fe’s first Spanish colonists, this is considered to be the…

  • Hopi House with visitors at Grand Canyon Village.

    Hopi House

    Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

    A beautiful Mary Colter–designed stone building, Hopi House has been offering high-quality American Indian jewelry, basketwork, pottery and other crafts…

  • New Mexico State Capitol Building The Roundhouse in Santa Fe NM USA

    State Capitol

    Santa Fe

    New Mexico’s State Capitol, informally known as the Roundhouse, was laid out in the shape of the state symbol – also the emblem of Zia Pueblo – in 1966…

  • Utah State Capitol Building and the mountains of the Wasatch Range beyond, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Utah State Capitol

    Salt Lake City

    The grand, 1916 State Capitol is set among 500 cherry trees on a hill north of Temple Sq. Inside, colorful Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals of…

  • Beautiful view of cute flamingo standing on green grass near large stones. USA.
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    Flamingo Wildlife Habitat

    Las Vegas

    Slip away from the madness inside the Flamingo’s wildlife habitat, out back behind the casino. Over a dozen acres of pools, gardens, waterfalls and water…

  • April 3, 2019: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA: Sculptures outside of Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, with desert landscape and mountains
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    Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

    Santa Fe

    Mary Cabot established this museum in 1937 to showcase Navajo ceremonial art, and its major strength is Navajo and Zuni jewelry, in particular silverwork…

  • Interior of Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, new Mexico, USA

    Loretto Chapel

    Santa Fe

    Built in 1878 for the Sisters of Loretto, this tiny Gothic chapel is famous as the site of St Joseph's Miraculous Staircase, a spiraling and apparently…

  • Explora Science Learning Centre and Childrens Museum. (Photo by: Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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    ¡Explora!

    Albuquerque

    From the lofty high-wire bike to the mind-boggling Light, Shadow, Color area, this gung-ho museum offers a hands-on exhibit for every type of child (don't…

  • Salt Lake City Pioneer Memorial Museum, Utah

    Pioneer Memorial Museum

    Salt Lake City

    You'll find relics from the early days at Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) museums throughout Utah, but the Pioneer Memorial Museum is by far the biggest…

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