138 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Arizona - Atlas Obscura

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Marble Canyon, Arizona

The Wave

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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Antelope Canyon

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

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Horseshoe Bend

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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Havasupai Falls

This secluded aqua-blue waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole and the Havasupai tribe's best-kept secret.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Yayoi Kusama Firefly Infinity Mirror Room

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

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Casa Grande, Arizona

The Domes

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

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Winslow, Arizona

Meteor Crater

This 4,000-ft. in diameter hole claims to be "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

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Phoenix, Arizona

Mystery Castle

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

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Funeral Potatoes

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Funeral Potatoes

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.

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Blue Corn Mush

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Blue Corn Mush

Adding juniper ash to this traditional Navajo dish gives it as much calcium as a glass of milk.

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Chocolate Daisy

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Ingredients & Condiments

Chocolate Daisy

This wildflower releases a cocoa fragrance each morning.

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Piccadilly Raspa

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Piccadilly Raspa

Kool-Aid and pickles make this Southwestern snow cone an unforgettable flavor bomb.

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A pretzel detail from the Bakers' Window in Freiburg Minster, Germany.

The 1970s Movement to Reclaim Pretzels for God

"Pretzels for God" even took as its patron the first Native American saint.

by Shoshi Parks

February 28, 2019

Hot sauce dominates Clinco's living room.

The World's Largest Hot Sauce Collection Might Be in an Arizona Living Room

8,600 bottles and counting.

November 02, 2018

<em>Grand View Motel, Raton, New Mexico; December 18, 1980.</em>

The Vanishing World of Neon Motel Signs

A photographer has spent decades capturing these symbols of Americana and the open road.

Statue of Brighty the Burro at the South Rim building.

The Life and Times of Brighty, the Grand Canyon's Most Legendary Burro

He was a muse, a good luck charm, and the center of a controversy over invasive species.

by Erin Van Rheenen

The Lotus shelter dates back to the 1950s, when Egyptian apprentice Kamal Amin designed the desert "palace."

The Desert Architecture School Where Students Build Their Own Sleeping Quarters

At Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West in Arizona, dorms are DIY.

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