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

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

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

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

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

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

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

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

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

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

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.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

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

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

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.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.