Places spasticsquirrel Wants to Go

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

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

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

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

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

Stock up on all your horror paraphernalia at this year-round Halloween emporium.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."