Places curiosity Wants to Go

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

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

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

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

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

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

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

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

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

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

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

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.

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

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

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

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

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.