This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

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

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

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

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

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

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 natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

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

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

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

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

What is the Thing?

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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