This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

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

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

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

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

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

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

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

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

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

An urban laboratory.