Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

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

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

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

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

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

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

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

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.

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

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

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

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

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

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

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

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