This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

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

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

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

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

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

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

This little museum is packed with information about the region's past and present biodiversity.