Scottsdale, Arizona
The Stand
An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.
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Scottsdale, Arizona
An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.
Chinle, Arizona
Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.
Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Phoenix, Arizona
The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.
Tucson, Arizona
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
Phoenix, Arizona
The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.
Kayenta, Arizona
Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.
Phoenix, Arizona
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.
Picacho, Arizona
Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Willcox, Arizona
Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.
Yavapai County, Arizona
A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Phoenix, Arizona
A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.
Mayer, Arizona
An urban laboratory.
Tombstone, Arizona
An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.
Tucson, Arizona
In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Coolidge, Arizona
Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.
Pine, Arizona
The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.