“Across the wilderness!”
(Pictures and places in bold are places I have been to.)
Arizona
1. Grand Canyon National Park (a World Heritage Site; Marble Canyon – America the Beautiful quarter image)
2. Saguaro National Park and Tombstone
3. Petrified Forest National Park (World Heritage Tentative List)
5. Antelope Canyon
6. Sedona Red Rock Country
7. The Wave at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Honorable mentions: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings World Heritage Site) and Tumacacori National Historical Park
New Mexico
1. Pueblos of New Mexico
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- Chaco Culture National Historical Park (a World Heritage Site; kivas at Chetro Ketl – America the Beautiful quarter image)
- Taos Pueblo (a World Heritage Site)
- Pecos National Historical Park
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2. Carlsbad Caverns National Park (a World Heritage Site)
3. White Sands National Park (World Heritage Tentative List)
4. Santa Fe
5. Roswell and the International UFO Museum
6. Petroglyph National Monument
Honorable mentions: Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Los Alamos, Acoma Sky City, and Zuni-Cibola Complex National Historic Landmark (meritorious to be a national historical park)
Texas
1. San Antonio (San Antonio Missions National Historical Park – a World Heritage Site; Mission San Francisco de la Espada – America the Beautiful quarter image)
2. Hill Country (Cowboy Capital of the World and Texas bluebonnets)
3. Austin
5. TEXAS Outdoor Musical at Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Honorable mentions: Big Bend National Park (World Heritage Tentative List), Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Houston–Galveston, Padre Island National Seashore, and Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Oklahoma
1. Old Route 66
2. Oklahoma City – Oklahoma City National Memorial
Honorable mention: Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Lincoln Bridge – America the Beautiful quarter image)