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

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

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

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

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

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

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

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

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

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

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

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

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

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

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.