Places counts Wants to Go

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

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

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

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

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

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

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

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

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

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

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

What is the Thing?

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

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

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.