The Arizona state flag flies along old U.S. highway 66 in Mohave County, Arizona. Much of Route 66, America’s best… Free Image from public domain license 
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Mock shootout, strictly for visitors’ benefit, in Old Tombstone in southeast Arizona. Original image from Carol M.… Free Image from public domain license 
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Spray ponds at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, near Tonopah, Arizona, 50 miles west of Phoenix, serve as a backup… Free Image from public domain license 
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Janet Echelman’s 2009 public-art, illuminated sculpture, “Her Secret is Patience,” in downtown… Free Image from public domain license 
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Colorful Indian, or Indian-style, tipis and a freight wagon at the Double Eagle Trading Company in Williams, a small town in… Free Image from public domain license 
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The solitary-confinement “dark cell” at the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park in Yuma, Arizona. Opened… Free Image from public domain license 
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“Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge” is an odd name for a span in Yuma, Arizona, more than 170 miles from the Pacific Ocean… Free Image from public domain license 
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