The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

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

An out of this world experience.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

The exit of the largest prisoner-of-war escape attempt on American soil during World War II.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.