Places ciffergan Wants to Go

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.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

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

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

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

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.

This monument built by Japanese American immigrants spent decades underground.