Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

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

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

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

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

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

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

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

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

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

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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

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

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.