Places JackalopeTamer Wants to Go

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

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.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

An urban laboratory.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

What is the Thing?

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

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

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

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

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.