Old West, Arizona


Dominated by the modern city of Tuscon, with its plush golf courses and resorts, Old West Arizona is a nature lover's paradise with a romantic cowboy history. Visitors can relive the past at guest ranches and Old West towns or explore the future at astronomical sites or the Biosphere. Southern Arizona is also home to some of the best birding sites in the world.
Explore Old West
The Fox Tucson Theatre
The Fox Tucson Theatre, Tucson's only movie palace, saw its heyday between 1930 and 1945. For 44 years the theatre showed films primarily, but also offered occasional live entertainment until it closed in 1974
Tucson, AZ Historic TheatresTucson Botanical Gardens
This beautiful oasis in the heart of Tucson was originally the home of Bernice and Rutger Porter. Dating to the 1920
Tucson, AZ Botanical GardensBenson Historic Walking Tour
Stop in the Benson Visitor Center for your brochure on our Historic Walking Tour. This walk through Benson's past will tell you a bit about the town'
Benson, AZ ToursTucson Children's Museum
Southern Arizona's interactive museum for children. Explore ten exciting galleries of hands-on exhibits and participate in challenging activities. Guided tours for groups available. Air-conditioned. Dinosaur World
Tucson, AZ Learning CentersOld Tucson Studios
Old Tucson Studios is where the reel West meets the real West! From western movie heroes like John Wayne to current box-office stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, many of Hollywood's legends have walked these rugged streets, the setting for hundreds of major motion pictures. You'
Tucson, AZ Wild WestTitan Missile Museum
The Titan Missile Museum is the only publicly accessible Titan II missile site in the nation. When you visit the Titan Missile Museum, you travel through time to stand on the front line of the Cold War. Tours are offered of this actual missile site, the only one of 54 such silos preserved as a <
Tucson, AZ MuseumsSt. Augustine Cathedral
There's a long association between the name of St. Augustine and the Tucson area, dating back to the Spanish military and missionary presence in the 1700s. There were two villages with the name of San AgustÃn del Tucson. The first was situated at the foot of today'
Tucson, AZ Historic ChurchesFlandrau Science Center & Planetarium
The Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium is a dazzling multimedia theater and a truly unique educational experience, with 8,600 stars, galaxies, the Sun, the Moon, the planets, meteors, 30 projectors, two video systems and a sound system that is out of this world!
Tucson, AZ PlanetariumsTombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
Museum dealing with the history of Tombstone and southeast corner of Arizona. From 1879 to 1929. It is the only publicly owned museum which tells the story of the "Town Too Tough To Die." Built in 1882 at a cost of nearly $50,000
Tombstone, AZ Historic CourthousesPima Air & Space Museum
The Pima Air & Space Museum is the largest aviation and space museum west of the Rockies. Experience a century of aviation and explore over 275 aircraft on our grounds. Exhibits from pre-Wright brothers to space travel. Take a tram ride, climb aboard President Kennedy'
Tucson, AZ MuseumsJewish Heritage Center
Built in 1910, the Jewish Heritage Center (Historic Stone Avenue Temple)
Tucson, AZ Temples