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Travel guides, information, photographs, and stories about taking a vacation in the American state of Arizona. Get more ideas for planning your next Arizona trip at https://explorationvacation.net/destinations/usa-2/arizona/

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Cliff dwellings at Arizona’s Walnut Canyon National Monument

Posted onDecember 6, 2020February 12, 20216 Comments

From about 1100 to 1250, a community formed in the cliffs high above a creek near Flagstaff, Arizona. Walnut Canyon National Monument gives visitors a close-up look at the remains of this prehistoric community.

CategoriesArizona, USATagsdesert southwest, National Register of Historic Places, Native America, US National Parks

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Saguaro National Park: Two great Arizona parks in one

Posted onMay 9, 2020March 10, 20212 Comments

With two distinct Sonoran Desert landscapes, Saguaro National Park outside Tucson, Arizona, is the perfect place for a road trip to see giant saguaros and more.

CategoriesArizona, USATagsdesert southwest, US National Parks

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A Danish Christmas at the Petersen House in Tempe, Arizona

Posted onDecember 2, 2019September 2, 20202 Comments

Every winter the historic Niels Petersen House in Tempe, Arizona, is adorned with Danish Christmas decorations and opened to the public. Now that the tree is decorated and the table set for a feast, it’s Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsNational Register of Historic Places

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The Delta Terminal at Phoenix Sky Harbor just got better – MUCH better

Posted onJanuary 28, 2019September 4, 20202 Comments

Are you flying out of the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport on Delta airlines? If so, you’re in for a treat because you will be using the new Terminal 3 concourses. This recently-opened terminal is well-designed, Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USA

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Yua at the Heard: See Yup’ik masks and Matisse in Phoenix

Posted onJanuary 1, 2019October 18, 20202 Comments

January is your last chance to see Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, a stunning exhibit of historic Alaskan Yup’ik masks and Matisse drawings influenced by them, at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Read More …

CategoriesAlaska, Arizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, Native America, traditional culture

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An Arizona holiday at the Chandler tumbleweed Christmas tree

Posted onDecember 17, 2018December 14, 2020Leave a comment

Celebrating Christmas in Arizona? Each year the Chandler tumbleweed Christmas tree adds a bit of desert style to holiday celebrations in the Phoenix area.

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USA

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Something for everyone at the best Phoenix art museums

Posted onOctober 3, 2018March 3, 202110 Comments

While it might surprise visitors, Phoenix, Arizona, is filled with art. In a region with so many galleries, art fairs, studios, and museums, it can be hard to know where to look! To help you Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums

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Book review: A great guide to 25 awesome scenic side trips in Arizona and New Mexico

Posted onJuly 8, 2018March 5, 2021Leave a comment

Roadtrip America Arizona and New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips by Rick Quinn doesn’t just take road trippers on a few pleasant scenic drives, it takes them on full-scale adventures through some of the Southwest’s Read More …

CategoriesArizona, New Mexico, USA

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Discover street art in Ajo, Arizona

Posted onApril 1, 2018December 14, 202014 Comments

The exuberant street art in Ajo, Arizona, is a bold and colorful sign of this old mining town’s artistic rebirth.

CategoriesArizona, USATagsart

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Hopi pottery masterworks at Western Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona

Posted onMarch 5, 2018March 3, 202110 Comments

Western Spirit, Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, highlighted masterworks by Native American artists of the past and present in 2018 exhibits featuring Hopi pottery and a few katsina dolls.

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, Native America

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