Los Angeles, California
Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel
A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.
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Los Angeles, California
A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.
Los Angeles, California
The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
Weaverville, California
This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.
Paradise Valley, Arizona
A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.
Douglas, Arizona
Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.
Bisbee, Arizona
This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.
Fortuna Foothills, Arizona
An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.
Tombstone, Arizona
The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.
Phoenix, Arizona
Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.
Bowie, Arizona
The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.
Cameron, Arizona
More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.
Quartzsite, Arizona
A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.
Phoenix, Arizona
Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.
Tombstone, Arizona
The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.
Maricopa, Arizona
One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.
Phoenix, Arizona
The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.
Phoenix, Arizona
Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.
Ramah, New Mexico
Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.
Winslow, Arizona
The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.
Joseph City, Arizona
Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.
Sebastopol, California
Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.