This free series of exhibitions honors the fascinating history of the region.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

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

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

An early 20th-century jail not far from the infamous Tombstone, Arizona.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

Stock up on all your horror paraphernalia at this year-round Halloween emporium.

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.