This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

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

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

What is the Thing?

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

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

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

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

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

An urban laboratory.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.