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

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

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

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

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

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

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

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

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

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

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

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

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

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

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

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

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

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

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

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