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

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

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

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

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

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

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."