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

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Self-Portrait over the Wave (On the high point)

Marble Canyon, Arizona

The Wave

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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Upper canyon. (Wikimedia Commons)

Antelope Canyon

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

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(Flickr/Courtarro)

Horseshoe Bend

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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“You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies” at the Phoenix Art Museum.

Phoenix, Arizona

'Fireflies' The Yayoi Kusama Infinity Room

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

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Havasupai Falls

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

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Crater Parking Lot, Mountain in the Distance 2007

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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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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Williams, Arizona

Flintstones Bedrock City

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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Funeral Potatoes

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Ritual & Medicinal

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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Chocolate Daisy

This wildflower releases a cocoa fragrance each morning.

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Sonoran Hot Dog

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Sonoran Hot Dog

This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.

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<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

This shelter, Minero, was designed by David Frazee, who was inspired by Arizona's old mining carts. Students like the shelter's design but say its placement is bad: The sun heats it like an oven in the mornings.

The Desert Architecture School Where Students Build Their Own Sleeping Quarters

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

by Kelly Catalfamo

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