Places jessievaz12 Wants to Go

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

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

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

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.

The first of the iconic American roadside attractions lives on as a college mascot.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A unique collection of artistic rides

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

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

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

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

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

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.