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There are all sorts of things to see, do, hear, touch, smell, taste, experience, and absorb that make Tucson and southern Arizona a unique place in the world! ... WhereAZ.com features "Snapshot Sketches and Summary Snippets" that HIGHLIGHT THE TRAITS of this special area ... For a little STROLL-AROUND, just SCROLL-AROUND below ... CLICK ON A SKETCH to see additional details ... Use the QUICK DRAW, SETTLEMENTS, INDEX, or LABELS for more organized explorations ...

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Cinco de Mayo

Celebrations Funky Hispanic Historic May Mexico Parties Spring

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- Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 - Also called: El Día de la Batalla de Puebla - Celebrations: Parades, food, music, folkloric dancing, battle reenactments - Observed by: Mexicans (especially in Puebla), Mexican Americans, and people of non-Mexican heritage - Particularly popular in southern Arizona

Fox Theater

Broadway Boulevard Congress Street Entertainment Funky Historic JimFav LRFP Music National Historic Sites Theaters Tucson Tucson-Downtown

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Yellow Jacket Wasp

Bugs Fauna Funky Insects JimFav Pests Wasps

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Tucson Children's Museum

Children Funky Gems JimFav Museums Sixth Avenue Tucson Tucson-Downtown

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Kangaroo

April Humor Smiles

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Babad Do'ag Scenic Overview

Catalina Foothills Funky JimFav Mount Lemmon Mount Lemmon Highway Mountains Santa Catalina Mountains Scenic Views Summerhaven Tanque Verde Tohono O'odam

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Valley National Bank Building

Architecture Broadway Boulevard Congress Street Funky Gems Historic JimFav National Historic Sites Skyscrapers Tucson Tucson-Downtown

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Bisbee City Hall

Bisbee City Halls Cochise County Funkolicious Bisbee Government Historic Lowell Warren

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Century Plant

Flora Funky Vegetation

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Phainopepla

Birds Fauna Funky Gems JimFav

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Saguaro Cactus Blossoms

Cactus Flora Flowers Funky Gems JimFav June May Saguaro Cactus Spring Summer Vegetation

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Giraffe Ndizi

February Giraffes Reid Park Tucson Zoos

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Black-billed Magpie

Birds Fauna Rare

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Gerbera Daisy

Fall Flora Flowers Spring

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Rolling Thru Time Auto Museum

Automobiles Funky Gems History JimFav Museums Park Avenue Transportation Tucson

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Spring Blossoms

Cactus Flora Flowers Spring TBG Tucson Botanical Gardens

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Green Valley & Sahuarita

Farming Green Valley Interstate I-19 Pima County Retirement Communities Sahuarita

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Belted Kingfisher

Birds Fall Fauna Funky San Pedro Valley Santa Cruz River Valley Winter

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Texan Crescent Butterfly

Bugs Butterflies Fauna Funky

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Grasshopper Sparrow

Birds Fauna JimFav

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Saint Ann's Catholic Church

Christmas Churches Funky Gems Historic Interstate I-19 JimFav Religious Santa Cruz County Tubac

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Arizona Inn

Accommodations Architecture Campbell Avenue Croquet Elm Street Funky Gems Historic Hotels JimFav LRFP Movie Sites National Historic Sites Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Tucson Unique

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J Knox Corbett House

Architecture El Presidio District Funky Historic Houses Main Avenue Museums Tucson Tucson-Downtown

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Great Horned Owl Smile

Birds Fauna Funky Owls Smiles

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Velvet Elvis at La Misión

Food Funky Gems Highway 82 Historic Patagonia Pizza Restaurants

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Cairn

Art Controversial Funky Geologically Interesting Hiking JimFav Meditation Peace Saguaro National Park

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Ocelot

Atascosa Mountains Cats Endangered Species Fauna Funky Gems JimFav Nogales Rare Santa Cruz County Santa Rita Mountains

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Elegant Trogon

Birds Chiricahua Mountains Douglas Endangered Species Fauna Funky Gems Huachuca Mountains JimFav Madera Canyon Rare San Bernardino Valley Santa Rita Mountains Sierra Vista

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Prickly Pear Spring Flower

April Cactus Flora Flowers May Spring

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Lookin' for some slippers ...

Birds Fauna Flora Flowers Hummingbirds JimFav

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Chuckwalla

Fauna Funky JimFav Lizards

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Rainbow Trout

Fauna Fish Fishing Santa Catalina Mountains

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Blue Palo Verde Tree

April Flora Funky Gems May Sonoran Desert Spring Trees

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Lucy's Warbler

Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona

Arts Foundation Gems Organizations

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Neotropic Cormorant

Agua Caliente Birds Fauna Funky Gems JimFav

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Cheyney House

Architecture El Presidio District Historic Houses Main Avenue Tucson-Downtown

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Viva Nogales!

Commercial Gems Highway 82 Hispanic Historic Interstate I-19 Mexico Nogales Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz River Valley Union Pacific Railroad

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Cholla Cactus Springtime Flowers

April Cactus Flora Flowers July June May Spring

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Evo A DeConcini US Courthouse

Architecture Congress Street Courthouses JimFav Tucson Tucson-Downtown

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Cochemiea Boolii

Cactus Flora Flowers JimFav Summer

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Dos Cabezas Peaks

Bowie Chiricahua Mountains Cochise County Dos Cabezas Mountains Funky Gems Highway 186 Interstate I-10 Scenic Views Sunsites Willcox

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Rex Allen Cowboy Museum

Cochise County Cowboys Funky Gems Highway 186 Historic Interstate I-10 JimFav Museums Unique Wild West Willcox

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Arizona Tree Frog

Fauna Frogs Funky

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Bison Smile

Fauna Humor Smiles

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Birds Endangered Species Fauna Funky Gems JimFav San Pedro River San Pedro Valley Tubac

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AMTRAK Sunset Limited

AMTRAK Benson JimFav Railroad Transportation Tucson

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Sulpher Springs Valley Historical Marker

- Sulpher Springs Valley is in the eastern half of Cochise County, Arizona - It covers an approximated vertical rectangle west of the Chiricahua Mountains–Dos Cabezas Mountains complex - The valley is traversed north-south by U.S. Route 191 connecting Douglas, AZ north to Willcox on Interstate 10, at the Willcox Playa ... Arizona 181 in the east accesses the west and northwest Chiricahua's, including Chiricahua National Monument ... It is connected to Arizona 186 which traverses the southwestern foothills of the Dos Cabezas range - The Historical Marker shown above is on Birch Road, 3.1 miles east of U.S. 191, on the right when traveling east. - This valley owes its name to the two springs located one mile north of this monument - From 400 A.D. to 1450 A.D. indigenous Indians farmed the region ... their bedrock mortar pits remain on the nearby hill ... Later, Chiricahua Apaches, Spaniards, Mexicans, Anglo-American immigrants, and U.S. soldiers used the Springs as a camping gr...

Bookmans

- Bookmans Entertainment Exchange is a Tucson-based business that buys, sells, and trades used books, music, movies, video games, and instruments - Bookmans was established in Tucson in 1976 and has grown to be the largest independent bookstore in Arizona, with additonal locations in Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Mesa - There are two Bookmans locations in Tucson: 6230 East Speedway Boulevard and 4841 North Stone Avenue Map

Aphonopelma Jacobii

-In 2024, a new species of tarantula spider was discovered in the eastern Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona -The spider is formally named Aphonopelma jacobii after Michael A. Jacobi who helped find several of the first specimens that led to the discovery of the new species -The creature is relatively small as far as tarantulas go ... about 3 inches -It has a black and gray color with fiery red hairs on its abdomen -It’s the 30th species of tarantula to be documented in the United States

Western Bluebird

- The Western Bluebird is a common winter resident of the Sonoran Desert and Sabino Canyon ... also as a permanent resident in the forested regions - Medium-sized bird of 7 inches with a wingspan of 13.5 inches, the Western Bluebird travels in small groups of up to 10, feeding on insects or fruit found on the ground or in vegetation - Bluebirds hover to catch insects or to pick berries and use a technique known as ground-sallying: flying from a perch and settling briefly on the ground to capture an insect before returning to a perch

Mount Graham Red Squirrel

- The Mount Graham Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus Fremonti Grahamensis) is a critically endangered subspecies found exclusively in the isolated "sky island" high-elevation forests of the Pinaleño Mountains in southern Arizona north of Willcox - As of December 2025, the population is estimated at approximately 234 individuals, holding steady despite a dry calendar year - They are tiny, weighing about 8 ounces and measuring roughly 8 inches in length with a 6-inch tail ... they are grayish-brown with rusty markings on their backs and a white belly; unlike other red squirrels, they lack a white-fringed tail - Their diet primarily consists of conifer seeds from pine, fir, and spruce cones, as well as mushrooms and fungi - Both males and females are highly territorial, defending a midden—a large central food cache made of cone scales where they store seeds for winter - Unique among red squirrels, they are largely silent except when sounding an alarm, which is described as an explosive...

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