A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

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

A spirited shopping experience.

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

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

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

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

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

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.