Dean Eldredge opened Flagstaff's Museum Club in 1931. It cost 25 cents to see his collection of animals & oddities. In '36, he took his collection to Dallas & leased the bldg. Saddlemaker Doc Williams turned it into a bar. Dean died in May '37 in Wausau, Wis,but the Zoo lives on

Cody, Wyoming, with five museums within the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, is more than just a gateway town to Yellowstone National Park. truewestmagazine.com/article/cody-w…

A Valley view from the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale.

A colorized post card of the Cornelia Hotel on La Mina Avenue in Ajo, Ariz. The 1920s hotel is still standing but it's in poor shape and the facade was badly altered.

A desert bluff in Kingman.

Branding Iron Motel & this fabulous neon sign are long gone from Route 66 in Flagstaff. The motel and cafe were across from a Holiday Inn that later was rebranded as a Days Inn & last year was upgraded to the High Country Motor Lodge (John Margolies photo) ontheroadarizona.com/flagstaff66.ht…

I wish I had visited this Globe bar before it shut down. This was shot in the spring of 2020. ontheroadarizona.com/globe.html

A mural at JammerZ. I wish I had visited this Globe bar before it shut down. This was shot in the spring of 2020. ontheroadarizona.com/globe.html

The World Famous Sultana Bar on eastbound Route 66 in Williams, Ariz., opened in 1912, the same year as Arizona statehood.

Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon .

Grand Canyon Railway on the siding at the Grand Canyon depot, one of the nation's oldest log depots. The train runs daily from Williams to the South Rim.

Here's a little rock squirrel along the Bright Angel Trail. The National Park Service warns visitors to avoid interacting with these little critters since they commonly bite people at Grand Canyon. It's a bad idea to try to feed any wildlife.

High Country Motor Lodge on West Route 66 in Flagstaff. This motor lodge opened last year after a major renovation. It started out as a Holiday Inn in 1964 and operated as a Days Inn for close to 30 years.

The view is a little hazy from the Perkinsville Road but the trees along the Verde River are bright green on a recent trip through Perkinsville.

After a long hike, celebrating the breathtaking view of Cheyava Falls. It's an intermittent 800-foot waterfall in Grand Canyon that's fed by North Rim snowmelt.

In the 50s, Scottsdale had more than one of these cowboy signs promoting what was billed as "The West's Most Western Town." There is one cowboy still standing at Scottsdale Road and Main Street. And the tagline is often mocked as out-of-date and never true.

A fading sign & a healthy cactus are what's left of the Saguaro Motel on US 60 in Aguila, AZ, west of Wickenburg. It opened in Feb. 1953 with W. Clyde Gilliland as its manager, according to the Arizona Republic. Mamie Richardson was listed as proprietor of the nearby Aguila Cafe.

The road into Cave Creek Canyon in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona.

The Navajo Code Talkers Memorial at Window Rock, Ariz. The 420 Marine Code Talkers used their language in stealth communications during WW II that helped save lives. On this Memorial Day, we remember our fallen Americans and hold out hope for lasting peace across the globe.