This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

An out of this world experience.

The exit of the largest prisoner-of-war escape attempt on American soil during World War II.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

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

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

A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.

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

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

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.