Phoenix Art Museum is indisputably international with works representing American, Asian, European and Latin American art.

Papago Park is located near the zoo and the botanical gardens. Trails and fishing lagoons offer lots of activity.

Desert Botanical Garden in Papago Park features the world’s largest outdoor desert plant collection with a vast array of colorful wildflowers placed strategically to create a spectacular display in the springtime. There is an informative ethnobotanical walking trail illustrating the importance of plants beyond their natural beauty.

Deer Valley Rock Art Center a 47-acre site north of Phoenix has more than 1500 Indian petroglyphs, or rock etchings between 500 and 5000 years old, along an ancient trade route that may relate to hunting, religion, astronomy, or intertribal communication.

South Mountain Park full of well-maintained hiking trails forms one of the largest municipal parks in the world.

Phoenix Zoo houses over 1200 animals (including many endangered species) in spacious enclosures, similar to the habitats they would have if they were in the wild.

Heard Museum of Native Cultures and Art specializes in Native American cultural exhibits and also features works by contemporary Southwestern artists, craft demonstrations, amphitheater performances, paintings, drawings, and sculpture, domestic objects, textiles, pottery, dolls, and jewelry.

Mystery Castle constructed during the 1930s and ’40s, this 18-room castle was built by Boyce Luther Gulley after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis with recycled materials and old bricks in honor of his young daughter.

Arizona Capitol Museum is housed in an impressive stone building that once served as the state capitol and documents Arizona’s time as a territory and its early statehood.

Historic Heritage Square is a part of Heritage & Science Park, which also includes the Arizona Science Center and the Phoenix Museum of History and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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