Places CuriousMichele Wants to Go

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

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

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

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.

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

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

An important piece of history from mankind's journey to the moon sits in the lobby of a government science lab.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

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

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

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

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

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

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