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Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

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

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

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

A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

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

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

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

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

A living museum of curated gardens honors 4,000 years of agriculture in the Santa Cruz River basin.

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

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

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

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

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

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

Visitors to this public park will also find the ruins of an old western fort.

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

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.