Palo Duro State Park

Established on July 4, 1934, on the northern side of the Palo Duro Canyon, the Palo Duro Canyon State Park encompasses over 16,000 acres. It is located in Armstrong and Randall County in Texas. Built in the 1930s, the Civilian ...

Petroglyph National Monument

Established in 1990, The Petroglyph National Monument is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The National Park Service and the City of Albuquerque Open Space Division operate the park. It is home to 25,000 petroglyphs, most of which are 400-700 years ...

Sky Harbor International Airport

Sky Harbor International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport in Phoenix, Arizona. Located in the Sonoran Desert, at an elevation of approximately 1,117 feet, Phoenix was incorporated as a city in 1861 and is currently ranked as the sixth ...

Frank Oppenheimer and the Exploratorium

Located on the Embarcadero, between Fisherman’s Wharf and the Ferry Building, is the newly- relocated Exploratorium. In addition to its role as the nation’s premier science center, the 300 million dollar museum is also an environmental marvel. Heated and cooled ...

Tuba City, Navajo Nation

Tuba City is located in the western portion of the Navajo Reservation in Coconino County, Arizona. As early as 1776, Fray Francisco Garces visited the area and encountered Native Americans farming the land. A group of Mormons originally laid out ...

Chinle Navajo Nation

Located in Apache County on the Navajo People Reservation, sits a small but notable town of Chinle. Chinle is named after the Navajo word meaning “at the mouth of Canyon De Chelly.” Historically, Navajo Nation extended between the four sacred ...

Alcove House Bandelier National Monument

Standing 140 feet above the Frijoles Canyon in modern Bandelier National Monument, the Alcove House offers a view of the entire canyon. The Alcove House, also known as Ceremonial Cave, sits at the top of 4 wooden ladders and a ...

Alcatraz Prisoners

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary operated as a prison for over twenty-nine years. The prison, which held notorious and lesser known criminals, opened in 1934 and closed in 1963. Alcatraz’s most notable criminals include Al Capone, Robert “Birdman” Stroud, George “Machine Gun” ...

Alcatraz Island Indian Occupation Site

In the fall of 1969, Alcatraz Island was the site of the most significant Native American protest in modern history. Frustrated by years of oppression and aggregated treaties, seventy-nine Native Americans eluded a Coast Guard blockade and took possession of ...

Los Alamos Main Gate