A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

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

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.