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

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

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

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

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

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

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

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

What is the Thing?

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

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

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

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

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

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

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.