Concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland which were used to align spy satellites.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

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

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

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

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

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

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

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

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

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

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

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

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

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

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

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

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.