This desert metropolis can make you dizzy with options. Here’s our must-do list.

Built along a jumbled, rocky canyon in the scrubby high desert between Flagstaff and Phoenix, the experimental town of Arcosanti is a place of pilgrimage for people who love architecture and design.

Pack light, gas up and queue your playlist for these four epic, daylong Vegas escapes.

The many sides of Scottsdale — cowboy, hipster, outdoorsy — come together in a downtown filled with food, cocktails, art, and shopping.

Mojave winters get downright chilly. Most hotels, from the Strip to Downtown, close their swimming pools for the season. So what’s a local water-lover to do for a staycation weekend in this shivery season?

Long after their mining boomtowns went bust, these rural bars still serve brews and burgers — and a hair-raising ghost story or two.

A resurgent downtown alive with fine art, excellent food and craft cocktails should keep the Southwest’s largest city atop your destination list.