A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

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

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

An out of this world experience.

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

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

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

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

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

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

The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

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

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

An urban laboratory.

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

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

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.