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

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

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

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

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

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.