Places jonwilliamsl Wants to Go

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.

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

An out of this world experience.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

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

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

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

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

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

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

An urban laboratory.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.