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McKale Basketball Center

Basketball Campbell Avenue Cats Entertainment Funky Gems Sixth Street Sports University of Arizona

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- The McKale Memorial Center is an athletic arena at the University of Arizona in Tucson - Opened in 1973 - Capacity of 14,545 - Home to the Arizona Wildcats ("Cats") men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, and volleyball teams - The center is named after J.F. "Pop" McKale, a major athletic figure at the school from 1914 to 1957 Map

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Warehouse Arts District

Art Galleries Arthouses Arts Commercial Funky Historic Organizations Shopping

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Gambel's Quail

Birds Fauna Funky JimFav

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San Xavier del Bac Mission

Anza Trail Architecture Christmas Churches Funky Gems Historic Interstate I-19 JimFav LRFP National Historic Sites Old West Religious Seasonal Spirit Stamps Tohono O'odam Tucson World-Class

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Coyote Pup Smile

Coyotes Fauna Smiles

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Ciénega Bridge

Bridges Cienagas Conservation Areas Highway 80 Historic Historical Markers JimFav National Historic Sites Nature Preserves Railroad Union Pacific Railroad Vail

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Camel Smile

Farm Animals Fauna Funky JimFav Smiles

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Winterhaven

Christmas December Fort Lowell Road Funky Holiday Season Scenic Views Seasonal Spirit Tucson Unique Winter

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Buffalo Exchange

Business Commercial Entrepreneurial Funky Shopping Speedway Boulevard Tucson

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Sonoran Desert

Ajo Cochise County Deserts Gems Highway 286 Highway 85 Highway 86 Lukeville Maps Mexico National Monuments Pima County Pinal County Santa Cruz County Sasabe Sells Sonoran Desert Tucson World-Class

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Fourth Avenue Dairy Queen

Fast Food Food Fourth Avenue Funky Sixth Street Tucson Tucson-Downtown

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Ostrich Smile

Birds Farm Animals Fauna Funky Gems Picacho Peak Pinal County Reid Park Smiles

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Cactus Farms

Cactus Commercial Farming Funky Gems Nursery Plants Shopping

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Lehner Mammoth Kill Site

Archaeological Sites Bisbee Cochise County Funky Gems Hereford Highway 92 Historic JimFav Naco National Historic Sites Palominas San Pedro River San Pedro Valley Sierra Vista World-Class

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Sandhill Crane

Birds Bisbee Children Cranes December Douglas Dragoon Elfrida Fauna February Funky Gems January March McNeal Snowbirds Willcox Willcox Playa Winter World-Class

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Tucson Mineral and Gem World

Commercial Funky Gems Kinney Road Minerals Shopping Tucson Unique

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Bisbee Art Wall

Art Art Galleries Bisbee Brewery Gulch Cochise County Funkolicious Bisbee Funky JimFav Old Bisbee

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Egret

Agua Caliente Birds Fauna Funky Gems JimFav

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Gould's Turkey

Birds Fauna Funky Gems Madera Canyon Mount Lemmon November Oracle Peloncillo Mountains Santa Catalina Mountains Santa Rita Mountains Sky Islands

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Burrowing Owl

Birds Faces Fauna Funky Gems Owls

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Tucson Velodrome

Biking Funky Gems Sports Tucson Vail

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Javelina Pup Smile

Fauna Funky Gems JimFav Smiles

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Ben's Bells

Funky Organizations Tucson-Downtown Unique

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A Rose is a Rose ...

Flora Flowers JimFav

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Seal Pup Smile

Fauna Funky Humor Smiles

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El Tour de Tucson

Biking Fall Funky Gems November Special Events Sports Tucson Unique World-Class

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The Outpost Bed and Breakfast

Accommodations Mount Lemmon Highway Tanque Verde Tanque Verde Road Tucson

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Thimble Peak

Bear Canyon Coronado National Forest Gems JimFav Sabino Canyon Sabino Canyon Road Santa Catalina Mountains Tucson

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Casino del Sol Stadium

Campbell Avenue Cats Entertainment Football Funky Gems Sixth Street Special Events Sports University of Arizona

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Sonoyta Mud Turtle

ASDM Endangered Species Fauna Funky Gems JimFav Lukeville Mexico Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Pima County Reptiles Smiles Turtles

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Sunflower

August Flora Flowers Summer

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Eared Quetzal

Birds Chihuahuan Desert Cochise County Douglas Endangered Species Faces Fauna Funky Gems Rare San Bernardino Valley

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Schlumbergera Trunca "Christmas Cactus"

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Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona ... Open Studio Tours

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Bison Smile

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Agua Caliente Park

Agua Caliente Art Galleries Arts Birding Funky Gems Historic Hot Springs JimFav Lakes Parks Picnic Pima County Ponds Roger Road Scenic Views Tanque Verde Tanque Verde Road Tucson Walking

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Eos Statue

Arts Funky Statues Tucson

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Hotel McCoy

Accommodations Arts Funky Hotels Tucson

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Big Horn Sheep Smile

Fauna JimFav Santa Catalina Mountains Smiles

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Coyote Yip-Yip-Yip

Coyotes Fauna Funky Gems JimFav Nightlife

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SETTLEMENTS ...

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Amado
Arivaca
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Bisbee
Catalina
Douglas
Dragoon
Green Valley
Lukeville
Marana
Nogales
Oracle
Oro Valley
Patagonia
Portal
Rio Rico
Sahuarita
Sasabe
Sells
Sierra Vista
Sonoita / Elgin
Summerhaven
Tombstone
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Vail
Willcox

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Species Entertainment Entrepreneurial Environmental Organizations Equestrains Ethnic Event Space Faces Fairs Fall Famous People Fantasy Farm Animals Farmers' Markets Farming Fast Food Fauna February Federal Fellowship Festivals Fireworks First Avenue Fishing Fitness Centers Flora Florence Flowers Flowing Wells Folk Arts Folklore Food Football Forests Fort Huachuca Fort Lowell Road Foundation Fourth Avenue Frogs Fruits Fry Boulevard Funkolicious Bisbee Funky Galiuro Mountains Gambling Gangsters Gardening Gardens Gems Geologically Interesting Geronimo Ghost Towns Gifts Glenn Street Golf Golf Links Road Government Graham County Grande Avenue Grant Road Grapes Grasslands Green Valley Halloween Hamburgers Hauchuca City Haunted Places Health Clubs Hereford High Schools Highway 181 Highway 186 Highway 191 Highway 286 Highway 77 Highway 79 Highway 80 Highway 82 Highway 83 Highway 85 Highway 86 Highway 90 Highway 92 Hiking Hispanic Historic Historical Markers History Hobbies Hockey Hohokam Holiday Season Horses Hospitals Hot Air Balloons Hot Dogs Hot Springs Hotels Houghton Road Houses Housing Huachuca City Huachuca Mountains Hummingbirds Humor IBA Iconic Ina Road Industry Information Innovation Insects Inspirational Institutions International Interstate I-10 Interstate I-19 Irvington Road Jaguars January Jeep Jewelry JimFav Jogging Journalism July June Kartchner Caverns Kinney Road Kino Kino Parkway Kino Springs Kolb Road Lakes Landmark Lawmen Legal Libraries Live Cameras Live Performances Livestock Lizards Lodges Lottery Lounges Lowell LRFP Lukeville Madera Canyon Main Avenue Malls Mammals Manufacturing Maps Marana March Maricopa County Marketing Mascots May McNeal Medical Medicinal Meditation Memorials Mental Relaxation Mercado San Augustin Mexico Mileposts Military Minerals Mining Monsoon Monuments Mormon Mount Graham Mount Lemmon Mount Lemmon Highway Mountain Biking Mountains Movie Sites Movie Stars Murals Museums Music Naco National Conservation Areas National Forests National Historic Sites National Memorials National Monuments National Observatory National Parks National Scenic Trail National Wildlife Refuges Native American Heritage Nature Conservancy Nature Preserves Neighborhoods News Nightlife Nogales November Nursery Observatories Ocean October Oddity Offices Old Bisbee Old Tucson Old West OLLI Optics Oracle Oracle Junction Oracle Road Orchards Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Organizations Oro Valley Overviews Owls Palominas Pantano Road Park Avenue Park Place Parking Lots Parks Parties Patagonia Peacock Pecans Peloncillo Mountains Penaleno Mountains Pennington Street People Pests Petroglyphs Pets Petting Zoo Phoenix Photography Photonics Picacho Peak Picnic Picnic Areas Pima Community College Pima County Pinal County Pinaleño Mountains Pizza Plants Playgrounds Poetry Police Ponds Portal Post Offices Pottery Power Prickly Pear Promotions Publications Publicity Puerto Peñasco Pumpkin Patches Pusch Ridge Raccoons Racing Radio Railroad Ramsey Canyon Ranching Raptors Rare Reclamation Recreation Red Rock Redington Road Refreshments Reid Park Relaxing Religious Renewable Energy Reptiles Research Resorts Restaurants Retirement Communities Rincon Mountains Rio Rico Riparian Areas River Road Rivers Road Trip Roadrunners Rock Climbing Rocky Point Rodents Rodeo Roger Road Romantic Running Ruthrauff Road Sabino Canyon Sabino Canyon Road Safford Saguaro Cactus Saguaro National Park Sahuarita Saint David Saint Mary's Road Salon Saloons San Bernardino Valley San Manuel San Pedro River San Pedro Valley San Rafael Valley San Simon San Xavier del Bac Sandario Road Santa Catalina Mountains Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz River Valley Santa Rita Mountains Sasabe Scenic Highways Scenic Views Schools Science Scott Avenue Sculptures Seasonal Spirit Sells Sentinel Peak September Serenity Shopping Sierra Vista Silverbell Road Sixth Avenue Sixth Street Skiing Sky Islands Skyline Drive Skyscrapers Smiles Snakes Snowbirds Snyder Road Soccer Solar Sonoita Sonora Sonoran Desert Sounds South Tucson Space Exploration Spanish Spas Special Events Special Services Speedway Boulevard Spices Spiders Sports Spring Squirrels Stamps Stars State Parks Statues Stone Avenue Sulpher Springs Valley Summer Summerhaven Sun Historic District Sunbathing Sunrise Drive Sunset Views Sunsites Swan Road Swimming Table Tennis Tanque Verde Tanque Verde Road TBG Tea Technology Telescopes Television Tennis Theaters Theme Parks Toads Tohono O'odam Tombstone Toole Avenue Tourism Tournaments Tours Towns Toys Trails Transportation Trees Trivia Tubac Tucson Tucson Botanical Gardens Tucson Mountain Park Tucson Mountains Tucson-Downtown Tumacacori Turtles Twin Peaks UA Banner Medical Center UFO Ugly UNESCO Biosphere Preserve Union Pacific Railroad Unique University Boulevard University of Arizona Upscale Utilities Vacation Spots Vail Valencia Road Valleys Vegetation Videos Visitor Centers Volcanic Walking Warren Wasps Water Water Parks Waterfalls Wearables Weather Western Image Whetstone Why Wild West Wilderness Wildlife Refuges Willcox Willcox Playa Wilmot Road Wine Winter Wolves Women-Owned World-Class Yaqui Zoos

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Llama Smile

- Llamas can be found in southern Arizona on private farms and ranches, where they are raised as livestock, fiber animals, and pets - They are not native to Arizona's deserts but are domestic camelids that have adapted to a variety of climates with proper care

Ostrich Smile

- While ostriches are not native or wild in Southern Arizona, they can be found at specific commercial ranches and the Ried Park Zoo - The climate in Arizona is similar to their native habitat in Africa, making it suitable for ostrich farming - The primary location to see and interact with ostriches in Southern Arizona is the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch ... This is a three-generation, family-owned working ranch and petting zoo located near Picacho Peak State Park, just off of Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson ... It has been a public attraction since 1999 and offers hands-on experiences where visitors can feed ostriches and other animals like miniature donkeys, goats, deer, and even stingrays ... The ranch has been featured on numerous TV shows and is a popular roadside attraction

Ciénega Bridge

- Ciénega Bridge is an open-spandrel arch bridge which crosses Ciénega Creek and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks east of Vail, Arizona - Originally constructed in 1921, the bridge was part of U.S. Route 80, a major transcontinental highway, from 1926 to 1956 - Being the oldest bridge of its kind in Arizona, the Ciénega Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places - The bridge also holds the title of being the longest open-spandrel concrete arch bridge within Arizona - Currently, the bridge carries Marsh Station Road, which is part of Historic U.S. Route 80 Bonus! ==> Adjacent to the Ciénega Bridge is an old El Paso & Southwestern Railroad bridge now part of the Union Pacific Railroad ... if the timing is right, an east-bound train and west-bound train just might meet-up there (see the video below) ... there is a small parking lot for train geeks and bird buddies to meet-up, too! Bonus! ==> About 1/4-mile south of the bridge is the Cienega Creek ...

Camel Smile

- Yes, there are camels in southern Arizona ... primarily domesticated animals and a legacy of a U.S. Army experiment in the mid-1800s - While wild camels are believed to be extinct, local residents sometimes report seeing escaped or domesticated camels, and a few businesses even offer camel rides - In the mid-1800s, the U.S. Army imported camels to the Southwest for use as pack animals ... the program was ultimately discontinued after the Civil War, and some camels were sold off or released into the wild ... Some escaped camels, or their descendants, were spotted in the region for decades after the experiment ended - While feral camels are no longer considered a major threat, sightings of domesticated camels still occur, sometimes on the loose - February 2019: Two camels were found wandering in a Sahuarita/Green Valley neighborhood and were returned to their owner

Paramore Crater

- Paramore Crater is a large volcanic feature in the San Bernardino Valley in southeastern Arizona - Over 1 mile in diameter and 400 feet deep - The volcanic field also contains many cinder cones and maar volcanic craters - NOTE: Access to Paramore Crater is pretty much shut off by private landowners ... special permission is typically required, especially due to the illegal border crossings in the area Map

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