Vulture Mine was Arizona’s most productive gold mine, and instrumental to the development of Phoenix.

A maze-like landscape of globular rocks surrounding two Arizona lakes.

This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.

The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

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

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

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

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

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

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