A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

Inside this garden, visitors are offered a glimpse into how inhabitants of the region survived centuries ago.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

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

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

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

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.