A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A 26-foot-tall jackrabbit celebrates the past and future of the Southwest.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.