Best places: Historical landmarks in Arizona

Lush, 323-acre, 1920s-era state park & arboretum with botanical garden trails, flora, fauna & more.

Stone tower rising 7 stories designed in 1932 by Mary Colter, a pioneering Grand Canyon architect.

Completed in 1797, this iconic mission church features baroque architecture & painted artwork.

Archaeological site with ancient cliff dwellings & a limestone sinkhole with a natural spring.

👍👍 It never ceases to amaze how carefully this infrastructure has been integrated into the thousand-year-old ruins. Pueblo is beautiful. It speaks to sensitive people, they have many questions. Why? How? Were these people happy? Why are so many pueblos so close together? For protection? Family? It is a...

Historic area showcases a two-story mural, a life-size statue, built-in seats & native landscaping.

👍👍 I’ve been here a few times and found the south rim Trail a must. The awesomeness of this park causes millions of people every year to enjoy. I found and out of the way area in the park away from the hordes of people if you are so inclined. If you want to get away and enjoy a little hike and have at...

Landmark rock formation with multiple cavelike holes in the sandstone created by erosion.

Founded in 1894, this hilltop center with giant telescopes offers tours, solar viewing & stargazing.

4-hour train tours through red-rock landscapes with open-air viewing cars, food & cocktails.

Structure done in "National Park rustic style" in 1914 by architect Mary Colter & used as rest stop.

Frontier-era-themed destination with a museum tracing the area's history in a circa-1882 building.

Layers of red rocks display clear stratifications at this designated national monument.

Series of galleries inside adobe homes with exhibits of pre-Columbian & Latin American folk art.

Restored stone & adobe buildings, including a saloon, dot this former mining town founded in 1863.

Legendary historic site offering daily reenactments of Wyatt Earp's famous Tombstone gun fight.

This well-kept 1895 Victorian home provides a look into home life in Arizona's territorial days.

👍👍 Spent 3 days filming around this area. Between the story of the Apache & Navajo encounters and the story of 3 failed owners who attempted to build theme parks & even a zoo on the "cursed" land its now privately owned by a group of attorneys that are keeping the land dormat with no plans of demolitio...

Tours are offered of Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home, now a campus for an architecture school.

👍👍 I think it is a must stop over point. Very very windy make sure you have a jacket with you. The view is almost 360 so you get an idea of the landscape and what’s surrounding in this area