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A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

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

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

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

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

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

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

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

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

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

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

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

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

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

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

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

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

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.