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

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

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

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland which were used to align spy satellites.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

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

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

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

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

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

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

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

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

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.