Phoenix [SW] |
- Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum, Attraction: More than
3,000 specimens including industrial minerals, gemstones, copper,
other ores, mining equipment, $
- Arizona Capitol Museum, Attraction: Territorial capitol
1900-1912, early historical artifacts, 0$
- Bo Ho En Japanese Garden, Attraction: Koi pond,
waterfalls
- Desert Botanical Garden (in Papago Park), Attraction:
Devoted to arid land plants of the world, succulents, cactuses,
aloes, century plants, height of wildflower blooming season is March
through May, $
- Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting, Attraction: Large
collection of firefighting equipment dating from 1725, hand- &
horse-drawn pumpers, hook-&-ladder wagons, vehicles from 1800-1969,
$
- Heard Museum, Attraction: Museum of native cultures &
art, ethnological, historical, contemporary materials of
Southwestern Native Americans, Native American basketry, jewelry,
pottery, kachina dolls
- Heritage & Science Park
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum, Attraction: Antique dolls &
toys from around the world, lat 1800s schoolroom, $
- Arizona Science Center, Attraction: Hands-on displays
explore aerospace, geology, computers, weather, biology, psychology,
physics in a fun environment, planetarium, $
- Heritage Square, Attraction: 8 structures that were part
of late 1800s Phoenix
- Phoenix Museum of History, Attraction: Discover how time
& place have influenced development of Phoenix from a dusty desert
town to a modern metropolis, $
- Rosson House, Attraction: Restored Victorian mansion
built in 1895, period furnishings, $
- Museo Chicano, Attraction: Artworks dedicated to Chicano
heritage, $
- Mystery Castle, Attraction: Folk art castle built over 15
years in the 1930s by Boyce Luther for his daughter, $
- North Mountain Park (9 mi N of Phoenix), Attraction: More
than 7,000 acres of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve, nature trails,
0$
- Pioneer Living History Museum (Exit 225 off I-17), Attraction: More than 28 original & reconstructed buildings
replicate the 1880s Southwest, $
- Pueblo Grande Museum, Attraction:
- South Mountain Park (8 mi S of Phoenix), Attraction:
16,500 acres of peaks, canyons, strange rock formations,
petroglyphs, native
Arizona flora, drive to the crest of South Mountain, 0$
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