Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe Features

Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe Features

• Modern Beginnings
  

  From the time the Hohokam left until the Civil War, the once fertile Salt River valley lay forgotten, used only by occasional small bands of Pima... read more

• A City on the Rise
  

  Phoenix would grow indeed. Within 20 years it had become large enough—its population was about 3,000—to wrest the title of territorial... read more

• Phoenix Today
  

  The Valley is very much a work still in progress, and historians are quick to point out that never in the world's history has a metropolis grown... read more

• Arizona Inspiration
  

  Wright first came to Phoenix from Wisconsin in 1927 to act as a consultant to architect Albert Chase McArthur on the now famed Arizona Biltmore... read more

• Natural Construction
  

  Built upon foundations of caliche, known as nature's own concrete, and painted in crimson and amber hues that highlight the "desert masonry,"... read more

• Architectural Legacy
  

  The over 70-year-old property and its structures, which Wright envisioned as a "little fleet of ships," are perhaps some of the best non-native... read more

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  Resort spas: With dozens of outstanding desert spas, Phoenix has massaged and wrapped its way to the top of the relaxation destinations list... read more

• Spa Time in Arizona: Say Ahhh
  

  OK, so you came, you saw, you shopped, you dined, you recreated. Now it's time for some rest and relaxation at one, or even several, of the... read more

• Valley of the Sun Golf: Driving Ambition
  

  Itching to get into the swing of things? Hoping to partake in some coursework? Looking to get linked in? In other words, would you rather be... read more

• Valley of the Sun Food
  

  Arizona is still the state that people think of for cowboys, cactus, and "It's a dry heat," but many have thought of it as an endless possibility... read more

• Scottsdale Shopping
  

  Despite its origins as a livestock town, Scottsdale has steadily evolved from a sow's ear into a silk purse. Once a sleepy suburb of Phoenix... read more

• Baseball's Spring Training
  

  For dyed-in-the-wool baseball fans there's no better place than the Valley of the Sun. Baseball has become nearly a year-round activity in the... read more

• Phoenix History: A City Grows in the Desert
  

  As the Hohokam (the name comes from the Piman word for "people who have gone before") discovered 2,300 years ago, the miracle of water in the... read more

• Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen West
  

  More than just an artist's retreat and workshop, Taliesin West and the surrounding desert still inspire both visitors and architects who study... read more

• The Lost Dutchman Mine
  

  Not much is known about Jacob "the Dutchman" Waltz, except that he was born around 1808 in Germany (he was "Deutsch," not "Dutch") and emigrated... read more