Phoenix + Scottsdale

When the modern art mavens at Bentley Gallery in Old Town Scottsdale needed an ancillary space to showcase larger pieces and edgier shows, they headed into...more

Formerly Bank One Ballpark, this baseball field is home to the Arizona Diamondbacks and handles rain or shine with its retractable roof. Odd as it may seem to...more

This is one of the best gardens you will ever see, possibly because it's so full of local plants. There are giant saguaros, the type of cactus that can hold up...more

With more golf courses per capita than any state west of the Mississippi, the Valley of the Sun has become a golfing mecca. Greens fees range from $40 on a...more

This private museum houses one of the best collections of Native American art in the country. Founded by Dwight and Maie Heard, who moved to Phoenix from...more

The 16,000-acre South Mountain Park in South Phoenix—the world's largest city park—has 51 miles of beautiful desert wilderness trails for hikers,...more

Thanks to a recent $50-million addition and courtyard renovation, the Phoenix Art Museum has finally become a cultural institution representative of the fifth...more

Years after coming out to Phoenix to consult on the design of the Arizona Biltmore in 1927, Frank Lloyd Wright decided that the foothills of the McDowell...more

This is more of a golf club–toting town than a tennis-racket one, but there are several resorts that have very good facilities, chief among them the...more

This 19,000-seat venue in newly revitalized downtown Phoenix is home to the Phoenix Suns NBA team (602-379-7867; www.suns.com), the Phoenix Mercury WNBA team...more