Arizona

Arizona is a state in the United States. Unlike Alaska, it is the World's Largest Oven. People have lived here for millennia, though, including the Diné and Hopi.

Things to do in Arizona

1. Withstand the scorching heat of the desert
2. Find the towering saguaro, the most familiarly shaped cactus on Earth

Notable communities and places

Grand Canyon

OMG, a canyon!

Holbrook

The gateway to the Petrified Forest and a key point on Route 66.

Jerome

Once a mining town, now an artist-occupied town.

Kingman

I stopped at a McDonald's there in 2020. Just behind the building, two giant freight trains with stacks of two shipping containers passed by.

Kitsʼiil

A well-preserved village occupied by what the Hopi call Hisat'sinom—"ancient people"—or Ancient Puebloans, from the Spanish word for "people" or "village".

Phoenix

The state capital, with tech galore. It has a huge music museum with just about everything, even with a playing room with lots of drums, guitars, and banjos. This is every aspiring musician's dream and every music freak's paradise!

Sedona

Sandstone formations everywhere!

Tucson

Where a Blink-182 song was beaten to death. Also home to Biosphere 2.

Walpi

A still intact Hopi village.