Places j3taylor Wants to Go

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

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

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

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

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

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

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

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

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

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

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.