Storage units with a wartime past.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.

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

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

This comprehensive collection features Native American artifacts dating back centuries.

Inside this garden, visitors are offered a glimpse into how inhabitants of the region survived centuries ago.

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

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.

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

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

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

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

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

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

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.