Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

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

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

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

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

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A tribute to the region's rich history of pottery art.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.