Arizona is filled with peculiarities, weird stuff, unusual things, oddities, curiosities and that doesn't even include a state legislature that passed a law naming the Colt .45 as the state's official gun. Here are a few others worth mentioning.

The Horseshoe Cafe neon sign caught my eye. This quaint restaurant has greeted diners along the main thoroughfare through Benson since the 1940s. The second story was added later to accommodate a casino. Before it’s doors could open, gambling ceased in Southern Arizona.

Ever wanted to own a ghost town? Now you can! Santa Claus – a modern Arizona ghost town – is up for sale. Santa Claus is located about 14 miles northwest of Kingman along U.S. Route 93. The Santa-theme village opened in the late 1930s and businesses operated here until 1995.

Test your knowledge of Arizona history with this short quiz, originally published in Marshall Trimble’s Official Arizona Trivia. Don’t scroll down too quickly. The answers are posted shortly below the questions. When you’re finished, leave a comment with your score.

GANADO - Opening the door to the Hubbell Trading Post is like opening a door into the past. With the sound of the creaky floors and exquisite Navajo rugs hung along the wall, it truly feels like you're stepping back in time. You may also find women weaving those rugs, so beautiful they are considered ...

Arizona Oddities is proud to welcome a new guide! Marshall Shore, the "Hip Historian," is the latest contributor to the site. He will be sharing unique and quirky stories about some of the best-known and little-known people who reign from the state.

Charles Lindbergh once inadvertently caused a lion roundup in Arizona's Mazatzal Mountains. In the summer of 1927, MGM Studios hired a stunt pilot to fly Leo, the studio's trademark lion, on a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to New York...

PINAL MOUNTAINS -- Despite its name, Limburger Rock was, for many years, a popular gathering place in the Pinal Mountains. It received the aromatic title in 1910 during a stag party sponsored by an ice cream parlor in Globe.

On Dec. 27, 1872, Army troops trapped a group of Yavapai Apaches who had taken refuge in a cave carved into a hillside located in the Salt River Canyon. The soldiers began firing from below. Upset by the wails of women and children wounded as the bullets ricocheted off the cave's roof, Maj. William Brown ...

FORT McDOWELL RESERVATION -- As a rule, annual celebrations are held to observe some historic remembrance, great feat or outstanding deed that occurred on a particular date years ago. But the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation puts on Orme Dam Days because Orme Dam never happened.