Places dinaswann Wants to Go

Vulture Mine was Arizona’s most productive gold mine, and instrumental to the development of Phoenix.

A maze-like landscape of globular rocks surrounding two Arizona lakes.

This massive, ancient canal system was built using only sticks and stones.

A Norman-style castle, 1850s Irish cottage, and cultural center in the heart of Phoenix.

Enormous photography collection housed in a study center co-founded by Ansel Adams.

Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.

This abandoned open-pit copper mine features stunning turquoise mineral pools and excellent rock-hunting opportunities.

Browse an impressive collection of passenger and military aircraft dating back to World War II.

You’ll never see the sky the same way after visiting this art installation in Tempe.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

Phoenix man has two yards full of vintage signs and antiques.

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

At certain times in the fall and winter, the sunlight makes this natural sandstone arch glow.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

This trippy wonderland is the result of one man's obsessive, decades long passion project.

The final resting place for an internet icon.

Archaeologists believe this panel of petroglyphs depicting descending sheep and other figures in Glen Canyon are 3,000 to 6,000 years old.

Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.