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This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

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

An out of this world experience.

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

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

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

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

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

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

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

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

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

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

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

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

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

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

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.