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

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

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

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

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

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

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

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.