Attractions & Landmarks

Arizona’s origin story features a captivating mix of people and places. See history on display at museum collections such as the Arizona Route 66 Museum in Kingman, a throwback to Mother Road nostalgia. The Heard Museum in Phoenix preserves the cultural traditions of Indigenous communities while railroad and mining museums tell the pioneer story of grit and determination.

Human-made landmarks span centuries, from the Indigenous cliff dwellings at Montezuma Castle to the too-pretty-for-words mission at San Xavier del Bac and Frank Lloyd Wright masterpieces in Phoenix and Scottsdale that include the iconic Taliesin West. Engineering marvels, such as the Hoover Dam and London Bridge, are popular photo ops worth the journey to Arizona’s remote border areas. Entire towns are Arizona landmarks, too, holding onto their past with pride. Mining and pioneer towns such as Oatman, Jerome and Tombstone are seemingly transcribed from the pages of Wild West pulp fiction novels.

Many of Arizona’s natural landmarks are known worldwide. The Colorado River cuts through the Grand Canyon before forming Arizona’s western border, where riverfront state parks buzz with activity. Monument Valley’s sandstone spires and Sedona’s red rocks captivate visitors year-round. In such a pretty place, expect to find these and other lesser-known landmarks during an Arizona getaway.