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

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

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

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

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

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.

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

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

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

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

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

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

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

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