Holbrook, Arizona
Bucket of Blood Street
This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.
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Holbrook, Arizona
This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.
Holbrook, Arizona
One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.
Winslow, Arizona
This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Sedona, Arizona
Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.
Williams, Arizona
A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Williams, Arizona
The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.
Palm Desert, California
This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.
Santa Ysabel, California
Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.
Yucca Valley, California
On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Joshua Tree, California
This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.
Hayfield, California
Hidden deep in the Joshua Tree Wilderness, this 1940s miner's cabin built into a gap between two mega-sized boulders.
Chiriaco Summit, California
A museum dedicated to the life and career of the gifted but controversial general.
Chiriaco Summit, California
Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.
Ehrenberg, Arizona
The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.
Yarnell, Arizona
The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.
Prescott, Arizona
Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.
Quartzsite, Arizona
The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.
Quartzsite, Arizona
A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
Boulder City, Nevada
These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.