Southwest

“Across the wilderness!”

Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park

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)

4. Monument Valley

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


Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park

New Mexico

1. Pueblos of New Mexico

      • 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

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)


The Alamo
The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
Stockyards National Historic District, Fort Worth
Stockyards National Historic District, Fort Worth

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

4. Dallas-Fort Worth

5. TEXAS Outdoor Musical at Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Honorable mentions: Big Bend National Park  (World Heritage Tentative List), Guadalupe Mountains National Park, HoustonGalveston, Padre Island National Seashore, and Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park


Blue Whale of Catoosa
Blue Whale of Catoosa, old Route 66, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma City National Memorial

Oklahoma

1. Old Route 66

2. Oklahoma CityOklahoma City National Memorial

Honorable mention: Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Lincoln Bridge – America the Beautiful quarter image)

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