Places Lost Leopards Wants to Go

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

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

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

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

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

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

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

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

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

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

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

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

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

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.