Discover the Overlooked Arizona Town Museum Hiding a Breathtaking Real Crystal Cave Inside

Crystals the color of a midnight swimming pool sit inside a former copper company office in southern Arizona. Right beside them, vivid green malachite looks like a prop from a fantasy movie. Every one of those specimens came from the ground beneath the same little town. The museum holding them is a Smithsonian Affiliate, a title only about 200 museums nationwide can claim. I love that this place hides in plain sight, right in the busiest part of town. It’s easy to roll through for the shop