Places curiosity Wants to Go

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

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

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

An urban laboratory.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

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

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

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

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.