The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

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

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

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

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

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).