Places sparkleybits Wants to Go

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

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

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

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

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

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

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

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

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

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

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

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

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

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

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

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.