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

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

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

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

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

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

A big museum full of little worlds.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.