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Trunkations
Twin Arrows Restored, Route 66 Fans Rejoice
Twin Arrows - We've watched with resignation the gradual decay of the Twin Arrows east of Flagstaff, Arizona. The two big shafts — telephone poles, actually — were left to rot when the trading post that owned them closed in 1998. It wouldn't be long, we thought, before they collapsed in a puff of desert dust, and then were moved to our Gone But Not Forgotten section. Full story
Videos
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Featured Attractions
London Bridge
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
A real bridge from England, and a fake, deteriorating Merry-Olde-Village.
Good Enough Mine Tour
Tombstone, Arizona
The latest attraction in Tombstone is more than six feet under. [Quicktime Video]
Skywalk
Grand Canyon West, Arizona
Walk on glass 4,000 feet above the bottom of the Colorado River. Grand Opening Report [Quicktime Video]
Oatman - Living Ghost Town
Oatman, Arizona
Chaotic Old West street of wandering burros and free gunfights.
Casa Grande Ruins
Coolidge, Arizona
WPA busybee project -- a big metal roof over a mysterious, crumbling ancient Indian dwelling.
The Thing?
Dragoon, Arizona
The Thing? "Mystery of the Desert" -- a classic tourist trap and vacation must-see. Don't reveal the surprise ending!
Landmarks and Oddities List
Vacation Favorites
Notable places we've visited or heard about.
- Adamana/Holbrook: Stewart's Petrified Wood [tips]
- Amado: Big Steer Skull
- Bisbee: Shady Dell and Dot's Diner [tips]
- Buckeye: Hobo statue [tips]
- Carefree: World's Largest Kachina Doll
- Carefree: World's Largest Sundial [tips]
- Chloride: Santa's Land Ruins
- Clifton: Cliffside Jail [tips]
- Coolidge: Casa Grande
- Cool Springs: 1920s Route 66 Gas Station
- Dragoon: The Thing?
- Florence: Tom Mix Death Site
- Fountain Hills: World's Tallest Fountain [tips]
- Four Corners: Where Four States Meet
- Gila Bend: Space Age Restaurant [tips]
- Grand Canyon West: Skywalk [Video]
- Green Valley: Titan Missile Museum
- Holbrook: Meteor Crater [tips]
- Holbrook: Wigwam Village Motel #6 [tips]
- Holbrook: Wild Bill, 2.9 Million Year Old Alligator
- Holbrook: World's Largest Petrified Tree
- Holbrook: World's Other Largest Map of Route 66
- Joseph City: Jackrabbit Trading Post [tips]
- Kayenta: Navajo Code Talkers exhibit
- Kingman: Andy Devine memorabilia [tips]
- Lake Havasu City: London Bridge [tips]
- Lupton: Tomahawk Trading Post
- Mayer: Arcosanti
- Mesa: Buckhorn Baths
- Meteor City: World's Largest Map of Route 66
- Miracle Valley: Town Founded By Radio Evangelist
- Moenavi: Dinosaur Footprints [tips]
- Oatman: The Burros of Oatman [tips]
- Oracle: Biosphere II [tips]
- Paradise Valley: Louis Lee's Rock Garden
- Peach Springs: Grand Canyon Caverns
- Phoenix: Heart Attack Grill
- Phoenix: Hole-in-the-Rock
- Phoenix: Rock Food - Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
- Phoenix: The Hall of Flame [tips]
- Phoenix: Mofles - Auto Parts Man
- Phoenix: Mystery Castle [tips]
- Phoenix: Phoenix Police Museum
- Phoenix: Pyramid Tomb of Gov. Hunt
- Pomerene: Gammons Gulch - Movie Set & Museum [tips]
- Poston: Japanese Internment Camp [tips]
- Seligman: Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In [tips]
- Tombstone: Boot Hill
- Tombstone: Good Enough Mine [Video]
- Tombstone: Historama
- Tombstone: Birdcage Theater Museum
- Tombstone: O.K. Corral
- Tombstone: World's Largest Rosebush [tips]
- Tucson: Colossal Cave [tips]
- Tucson: Garden of Gethsemane
- Tucson: Legler's Valley of the Moon [tips]
- Twin Arrows: Twin Arrows Ruins [tips]
- Two Guns: Ruins
- Valle: Flintstones Bedrock City
- Walapai: Giganticus Headicus
- Wickenburg: Bolo Tie Museum [tips]
- Wikiup: Snoopy Rock [tips]
- Winslow: 9-11 Memorial Made From Twin Towers Beams
- Winslow: Standing on the Corner Park [tips]
- Yuma: Atomic Cannon
- Yuma: Bridge to Nowhere
- Yuma: Small church
- Yuma: Territorial Prison
