Places phildzielski Wants to Go

One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

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

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

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

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

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

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

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

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

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

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.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

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

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

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

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

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

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

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.