This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.