At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

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

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

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

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.