The desert stretch of I-40 between Holbrook and Flagstaff features several exits that aren't towns, just old Route 66 gas stations.
One of them is "Two Guns," a now-abandoned wild west theme park, with a grafitti ravaged entrance sign and faded western characters still visible on an old storage tank. What's unique about this place is that Two Guns appears to have been built on the ruins of an older, equally ill-fated attraction, "Canyon Diablo."
Our seasoned, roadside archaeologist eyes determined that all that remains of Canyon Diablo is a sign reading "Mountain Lions" (its most prominent feature), some crumbling stone buildings, a set of gas pumps that appear to have exploded, and the ruins of the Route 66 concrete arch bridge over the canyon (too dangerous to walk over; please don't try).
A thunderstorm rolled in, lightning crackling along the canyon, and we hightailed it back to the interstate.
