In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

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

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

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

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

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

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

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

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

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

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