Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

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.

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

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

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

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.

This trippy wonderland is the result of one man's obsessive, decades long passion project.

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

This mural of the late David Bowie features eight colorful panels showcasing Bowie’s various alter egos.

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

A 26-foot-tall jackrabbit celebrates the past and future of the Southwest.

This massive, ancient canal system was built using only sticks and stones.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

Over 100 miles from the ocean, this ship-shaped building was built in honor of the owner's sailor son.

Florence's historic adobe county courthouse was turned into a historic site that honors one of Arizona's most prominent political leaders.