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A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.