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

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

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

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.