The scenic 12 mile drive up the mountain is just the beginning of your journey when visiting the observatory.
If you're interested in Wild West history and passing through Tombstone, AZ, you must visit the Boothill Cemetery.
Getting that perfect photo of an impressive American natural landmark isn't always easy. Here are some tips to ensure you get the shot you want.
The Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, operated by the University of Arizona, offers a truly amazing opportunity to see the stars and planets in the kind of dark night sky that has become rare today.
A huge rift in the earths crust, like someone had taken a knife to the flat desert. This is Grand Canyon, one of the most impressive sights in the USA, and in the world.
Hoover Dam is an engineering marvel; in fact it is considered one of the Seven Modern Engineering Wonders and is designated as a National Historic Landmark.
The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is located at the base of Mt Hopkins in the Santa Rita Mountains, 35 miles south of Tucson.
You may not realize it, but you’ve probably already seen Antelope Canyon in Arizona. This stunning natural rock formation is one of the most photographed canyons in the country and has been in numerous films and textbooks.
Standing at the edge of the worlds best preserved meteor crater in the Arizona desert gives you a feeling for both the vastness of the universe and the age of the Earth at the same time.
The Amerind Museum IS Arizona! Located an hour from Tucson, it captures the desert perfectly. The museum building are a combination of adobe and Spanish architecture and is focuses on native and New Mexican history and art.
Angel's Landing in Utah's Zion National Park is one of the most stunning and thrilling hikes anywhere in the United States.
If you're looking for a unique, historical and slightly creepy experience, pay a visit to the Lost Dutchman State Park in Apache Junction, Arizona.
Ruby is Arizona's best preserved ghost town and it's open to visit through the year.
The USS Arizona memorial in Hawaii is perhaps one of the most historic memorials in the US.
The 12-acre museum painstakingly recreates life in the the 1800's. Some of the displays are a stagecoach, Wells Fargo Bank, barbershop, and a gigantic 20 stamp ore crusher which was used to discover gold.
Power boats and wave runners zip about while houseboats slowly wend their way deep into side canyons in Lake Powell
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