A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

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

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

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

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

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

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

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

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.