148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

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

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

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

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

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

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

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

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

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

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

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

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.