Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

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

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

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

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

This remote island known for its balancing boulder may have inspired Peter Pan's Neverland.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.