Places Rick Brown Wants to Go

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

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

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

What is the Thing?

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

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

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.