The state of Arizona has so a lot to offer and with AZ airfares being so cheap in the shoulder and off-peak seasons you really should visit and explore the state.  You may want to tour the Grand Canyon with the beauty of nature showing you just how persistence and time can change something into a true thing of wonder.  Or you may want to see some of the outstanding galleries the state has to offer with the rich heritage of the Native Americans, Hispanic culture and western culture all available in different locations.

This is a great way to discover your Arizona Attractions.  The Heard Museum in Phoenix is a must “visit” for everyone interested in the history of the area. Here you will be shown some of the best in traditional and modern American Indian art.  You will find ten exhibition galleries that include 5 long-term and 5 rotating exhibitions with two different locations for you to visit. 

While you are visiting the Central Arizona area you may wish to visit Pueblo Grande Museum which is an archaeological site museum and repository. The purpose of the museum is developing the understanding of prehistory, history, and ethnology of inhabitants of the Southwest.  The museum is situated at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins.  You can observe reproductions of the prehistoric Hohokam homesteads when walking along the ruin trail.  At the site is also some of the last remaining intact Hohokam irrigation canals. This is a fantastic piece of Hohokam history.

A few hours to the southeast, you will find wonderful Tuscon attractions.  Travel on over to Tombstone where you can discover the Old West.  Tombstone was known as “The Town Too Tough To Die,” and is the most famous of Arizona’s historic mining camps.  This region produced millions of dollars of gold and silver throughout a 7 year period.  While you are touring Tombstone you will discover the chance to see Boothill Graveyard, the old Tombstone Courthouse and see many of the residents dressed in period style. 

Outside of Tucson you can visit the Titan Missile Museum which was home to one of the Titan II Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles.  There were 18 Titan II missile sites located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson.  The Titan Missile Museum is the only Titan Missile site that remains intact; all the others were destroyed.  You can take a guided tour that takes you into the launch control room with a simulated launch and then go on through the 200 ft tunnel for an in person look at the Titan II missile.  It’s an awesome tour, be sure to make time to stop here.

Travel on over to Yuma and tour the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.  There you will be able to visit the prison that incarcerated 3,069 prisoners, 29 of whom were women.  The prison was last opeartional in 1909 before the prisoners were relocated to a new prison.  Now you can visit the prison and see the front gate that is so familiar to anyone that has watched western movies.