Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

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

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

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

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

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

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

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

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

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

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

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

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