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Odd
& Fun Roadside Arizona
World's Smallest Museum,
one of Arizona's finest roadside attractions in Superior on historic US
60, showcases "artifacts of ordinary life," and by doing so,
honors the world's extra-ordinary workforce! From a large iron kettle
filled with ancient bits and pieces of pottery to the computer on display,
a true memorium is subtly woven in one's mind that honors common people
Museum
of Northern Arizona. Founded in 1928 as a community effort by a group
of Flagstaff citizens
Fort
Tuthill Military Museum .Constructed in 1929, Fort Tuthill was considered
one of the finest National Guard Training facilities in the U.S. The Fort
served as the permanent field-training site for the 158th Infantry Regiment
of the Arizona National Gaurd.
Jerome
Winery Our vintner's philosophy is very spartenistic; create wines
that are enjoyable for the novice and the connoisseur alike. 403 Clark
St.; Jerome, AZ 86331
The
Grand Canyon Over 90% of Grand Canyon visitors travel to the South
Rim and its Grand Canyon Village where amenities and lodging comforts
are more amiable to family travel adventure. The South Rim is open year-round
and offers over 2,000 hotel rooms and in addition to hotels, it bustles
with lodging accommodations, restaurants, museums, souvenir shopping and
the convenience of park ranger services and programs.
Hoover
Dam was completed in 1936. The Dam is a National Historic Landmark
and has been rated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of
America's Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders. It is 726.4 feet from
foundation rock to the roadway on the crest of the dam. The towers and
ornaments on the parapet rise 40 feet above the crest. There are 4,360,000
cubic yards of concrete in the dam, powerplant and appurtenant works.
This much concrete would build a monument 100 feet square and 2-1/2 miles
high; would rise higher than the Empire State Building (which is 1,250
feet) if placed on an ordinary city block; or would pave a standard highway
16 feet wide, from San Francisco to New York City.
University
of Arizona Museum of Art located on the University of Arizona campus,
near Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard in Tucson, AZ - actually there
are four great museums in walking distance from each other. The University
of Arizona Museum of Art + Center for Creative Photography+Arizona State
Museum+Arizona Historical Society.
The
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history
museum and botanical garden, all in one place!
Historic
Route 66 Museum Kingman, AZ - The Heart of Historic Route 66 - also
in the area is the Mohave Museum of History and Arts 400 West Beale St.and
the Kingman Army Airfield Museum at 4540 Flightline Drive.
The
Thing?: 2631 N Johnson Rd, Dragoon, AZ - What could The Thing be?
Arizona is sandwiched between New Mexico where the world's first nuclear
bomb explosion took place, and Nevada which was the site of many nuclear
bomb tests in the 50's.
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, 1500 Highway 286, 38 miles south
of Three Points on Highway 286, Tucson, AZ - home to a multitude of deer,
antelope, javelina and many species of birds
Central
Arizona Museum Association includes the Ak-Chin Him-Dak Eco-Museum
& Archives, the American Museum of Nursing, the Arizona Doll &
Toy Museum, the Arizona Historical Society, the Arizona Military Museum,
the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, the Arizona Museum for Youth, the
Arizona State University 1907 Archives Gallery, the Arizona State University
Computing Commons Gallery, the The Bead Museum, the Boyce Thompson Arboretum,
the Desert Botanical Garden, the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural
Center, the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting, the The Medical Museum,
the Mesa Southwest Museum, the Museo Chicano (Chicano Museum), the Phoenix
Police Museum, the The Phoenix Zoo
the Shemer Art Center and Museum, the Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum, the
Telephone Pioneer Museum and many more
Arcosanti
- Italian architect Paolo Soleri had a vision of what the future will
look like and here is where the beinging of the future is.
Queen Mine Tour Don the mining
lanterns, hats and slickers of the miners, Ride the mine train deep into
the mineSearch for remaining veins of copper, gold, turquoise, silver,
lead and zinc, and experience the life of the miners as they toiled in
the subterranean tunnels.Bisbee, AZ, ph1-866-432-2071 toll-free
Web Theatre, 600 East Van Buren St, Phoenix, AZ - Built in 1911 located
in the heart of downtown Phoenix's Copper Square- close to dining and
shopping at the Arizona Center
World's
Oldest Rodeo , U.S. Route 89 & State Route 69, (address is approximate;
P. O. Box 2037), Phoenix, AZ since 1888 - see it on the Fourth of July
Orpheum Theater, 203 West Adams St, (Second Avenue & Adams Street),
Phoenix, AZ - 1929, the Spanish Baroque-style building on the National
Register of Historic Places
The
Heard Museum in 2301 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ , is a private, non-profit
museum founded in 1929 by Dwight B. and Maie Bartlett Heard to house their
personal collection of cultural and fine art. More than seven decades
of history have transformed the world famous Heard Museum into what USA
Today describes as "the nation's most prestigious private Indian
arts center."
The Apache and Sitgreaves National
Forests locals and visitors think this place is spooky - with alien
sightings and what all.
Mystery Castle, 800
East Mineral Road, Phoenix, Arizona Here is a 3-story castle constructed
of adobe, cement, goat's milk, stone, automobile parts and petroglyphs
completed in 1945 it features 8,000-square-foot and 13 fireplaces, - RECOMMENDED
Lowell Observatory 1400 Mars Hill
Road, Flagstaff - where the planet Pluto was discovered in 1930
McCormick-Stillman Railroad
Park - 7301 East Indian Bend Road, (at Scottsdale Road), Scottsdale
- Take a ride on the Paradise and Pacific Railroad and antique carousel.
Visit a variety of shops and museum or play in one of the spacious playgrounds,
or just relax in the grass under a tree or in one of the park's picnic
ramadas. A good place for families.
Borgata of Scottsdale- 6166 North
Scottsdale Road, (between Lincoln & McDonald drives), Scottsdale,
AZ - a 14th-century Italian hill village, the cobbled walks, bubbling
fountains and stone turrets - all fake but with fun shopping boutiques.
Vortexes of Sedona -
swirling centers of subtle energy coming out from the surface of the earth.
The vortex energy is not exactly electricity or magnetism, although it
does leave a slight measurable residual magnetism in the places where
it is strongest.
Snoopy Rock
- in the Sedona Red Rock desert area- with a little imagination, you can
see Snoopy lying on top of his doghouse
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