Places marasta215 Wants to Go

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

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

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

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

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

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

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

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

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

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

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.