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AZ Airfare and Affordable Travel

The state of Arizona has so much to offer and now with AZ airfares being reasonable in the shoulder and off-peak seasons we really should visit and discover the state.  You may want to visit the Grand Canyon with the glory of nature showing you just how persistence and time can erode something into a true thing of wonder.  Or you could want to see some of the outstanding galleries the state has to offer with the rich history of the Native Americans, Hispanic culture and western culture all available in different locations.

The Heard Museum in Central Arizona is a must “visit” for anyone interested in the history of the area. Here you will be exposed to some of the best in traditional and modern American Indian art.  You will find ten exhibition galleries that include 5 long-term and five rotating exhibitions with two different locations for you to tour. 

While you are touring the Central Arizona area you may wish to visit Pueblo Grande Museum which is an archaeological site museum and repository. The purpose of the museum is developing the knowledge of prehistory, history, and ethnology of inhabitants of the Southwest.  The museum is situated at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins.  You can study reproductions of the prehistoric Hohokam homes when walking along the ruin trail.  At the site is also some of the last remaining intact Hohokam irrigation canals. This is a fantastic piece of Hohokam history.

Head on down to Tombstone where you can relive the Old West.  Tombstone is known as “The Town Too Tough To Die,” and is the most famous of Arizona’s historic mining camps.  This area produced millions of dollars of gold and silver throughout a 7 year run.  While you are touring Tombstone you will have the chance to tour Boothill Graveyard, the old Tombstone Courthouse and watch many of the residents dressed in period style. 

Near Tucson you can visit the Titan Missile Museum which was home to one of the Titan II Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles.  There were 18 Titan II missile sites located near the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson.  The Titan Missile Museum is the only Titan Missile site that remains intact; all the others were destroyed.  You can take a guided tour that takes you into the launch control room with a simulated launch and then go on through the 200 ft tunnel for look at the Titan II missile.  It’s an awesome tour, be sure to make time to stop here.

Travel on over to Yuma and visit the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.  There you will be able to visit the prison that incarcerated 3,069 prisoners, 29 of whom were female.  The prison was last opeartional in 1909 when the prisoners were moved to a new facility.  Today you can visit the prison and look at the front gate that is so familiar to anyone that has watched western movies.