A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

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

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

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

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.