Places marasta215 Wants to Go

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

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

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

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

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

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

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

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

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

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

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

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

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

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

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

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.