Places marytreptow Wants to Go

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

An out of this world experience.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

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

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

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

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

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

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

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

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

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

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

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

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.

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

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

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

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

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.