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A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

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

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

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

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

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

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

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

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

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

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

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

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

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

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

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

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

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.