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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Clarkdale

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Clarkdale, Arizona

Updated April 19, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Clarkdale

Clarkdale, Arizona

Arizona Copper Art Museum

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

Clarkdale, Arizona

Verde Canyon Railroad

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

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Jerome, Arizona

Jerome's Sliding Jail

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

3 miles from Clarkdale

Jerome, Arizona

Puscifer the Store

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

3 miles from Clarkdale

Jerome, Arizona

Abandoned Jerome Post Office

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

3 miles from Clarkdale

Jerome, Arizona

Gold King Mine Ghost Town

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

4 miles from Clarkdale

Cornville, Arizona

Eliphante

Outsider Art Community.

10 miles from Clarkdale

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