Why, Arizona

A small green sign reading Why, above a list of gas, food, lodging and camping, on a desert road in southern Arizona, photographed in February 2010. It looks like the start of a question, and it is really a spelling workaround. Why grew up at a Y-shaped junction of state routes 85 and 86, and locals called it the Y. The law required a community name of at least three letters, so Y became Why. The junction has since been moved south and rebuilt for safety, so the name no longer describes anything, which only makes it a better question.