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1860 Territorial Jail
Seligman, Arizona
Built in the 19th century to imprison outlaws, or in the 20th century to beguile tourists? Looked real to us.
Last Supper Museum
Douglas, Arizona
Collection of da Vinci's biblical dinner painting -- in slippers, cigarette butts, toy soldiers, PEZ dispensers, and Tupperware.
Standin' on the Corner Park
Winslow, Arizona
A 1972 rock lyric has been transformed into a 21st century tourist magnet photo-op.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

The Thing
Dragoon, Arizona
America's most purposefully mysterious tourist attraction beckons the freeway-fatigued in empty southeastern Arizona. What is it? We won't tell.
Wigwam Village Motel No. 6
Holbrook, Arizona
It's like traveling back to 1950 when you snooze in concrete teepee motel comfort at this Route 66 landmark.
Goldfield Ghost Town
Apache Junction, Arizona
Gunfights and raucous old west fun are the norm at a replica 1890s ghost town, based on the mining boom version of Goldfield.
Casa Grande Ruins
Coolidge, Arizona
WPA giant metal umbrella protects a four-story, crumbling 800-year-old Indian building. The mud structure's original purpose remains a mystery.
Lumberjack Muffler Man - Outside: World's First?
Flagstaff, Arizona
Stands on the grounds outside the Skydome arena, and was briefly seen in the 1960s film "Easy Rider."
Titan Missile Museum
Green Valley, Arizona
An important Atomic Tour sight -- a fully restored missile base, relic of the Cold War.
Stewart's Petrified Wood
Holbrook, Arizona
Home-built human-chomping dinosaurs out front lure passing motorists -- and there's petrified wood for sale.
Rainbow Rock Shop Dinosaurs
Holbrook, Arizona
A packed gathering of brightly painted, homemade prehistoric creatures just off of Route 66. Highest dino density per square foot.
London Bridge
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
The real 950-ft. long bridge moved at great expense from England. Piranha 3D was filmed here in 2009.
Neon Diving Lady: Starlite Motel
Mesa, Arizona
70 ft. tall sign built in 1960: a blonde in swimsuit takes an endless 3-part plunge in neon. Felled by a wind storm in 2010; in 2013 fans chipped in to save the lady.
Living Ghost Town: Burros and Gunfights
Oatman, Arizona
Chaotic Old West street of wandering burros and free gunfights.
Biosphere 2
Oracle, Arizona
Tour the hi-tech sealed facility that was supposed to prepare its inhabitants for post-atomic-war survival, or possibly life on Mars.
Grand Canyon Caverns
Peach Springs, Arizona
Outdoor dinosaurs lure travelers along desolate Route 66 to a cave with its own elevator and Civil Defense leftovers.
Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch
Picacho, Arizona
Just the thought of an Ostrich Ranch is weird, but the Cogburns have made the real thing weirder. Be ready to get kissed by a goat, but don't try to kiss an ostrich.
Bird Cage Theater Museum
Tombstone, Arizona
Perfectly preserved whoring and party hub of 19th century Tombstone. 140 visible bullet holes in its walls. Home to ghosts and a diminutive Merman.
O.K. Corral
Tombstone, Arizona
While the human performers are home asleep, animated mannequins provide a "living dead" reenactment of the famous gun battle.
Tombstone, Arizona
Tombstone, Arizona
Gunfights, prostitutes, more gunfights, and the Wild West's most iconic graveyard. And a Merman.
Pima Air & Space Museum
Tucson, Arizona
Hundreds of aircraft, spacecraft, and related exhibits. Wander the desert looking at and touching old bombers, fighters, and passenger jets.
Bedrock City and Raptor Ranch
Williams, Arizona
Arizona vacation home of The Modern Stone Age Family. Opened in 1972. New owners added birds-of-prey attraction in 2019, but kept Bedrock as well.
Meteor Crater
Winslow, Arizona
Aren't you glad you weren't standing on this spot 50,000 years ago?
Elvis Presley Memorial Chapel
Apache Junction, Arizona
Before moving here, wooden church appeared in an Elvis film and survived 1969 and 2004 fires at Apacheland Movie Ranch.
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, Arizona
State of the art in the 1890s. Bankrolled by Percival Lowell, who believed that Mars had canals.
Historic Route 66 Museum
Kingman, Arizona
One of the better-mounted of the increasingly numerous Mother Road museums. In 2015 the "Route 66 Electric Vehicle Museum" was added to the building.
Dwarf Car Museum
Maricopa, Arizona
The "Father of the Dwarf Car," Ernie Adams, hand-builds operational classic car replicas at 5/8 scale. It takes years to make one.
Arcosanti: An Urban Laboratory
Mayer, Arizona
Art community's utopian vision is 700 years from completion. While you're waiting, buy a bell.