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Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

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

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

An out of this world experience.

Inside this garden, visitors are offered a glimpse into how inhabitants of the region survived centuries ago.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.