Tucson Things to Do

The exterior looks like a barn, and the interior looks like it's been taken from the junkyard next door. This is a multi-floor restaurant with a vaulted ceiling from which dangle tire caps, model airplanes and street signs, to... more

This is one of the main venues for blues and blues-related music in Tucson, featuring both local acts and, occasionally, big names. An excellent sound system reverberates off walls covered with autographed photos of blues and r... more

This place serves up some of the best seafood you'll find in the city. Not into seafood? There are plenty of other appetizing options. The main dining room is subtle and sophisticated with a large vase as its focal point. To on... more

Mexican-American families have continuously inhabited this house until it was incorporated into the downtown Museum of Art Historic Block in the 1970s. Named after its last resident, Maria Navarette Cordova, it has now become a... more

If grand scale is what you're looking for, this is the place. Everything about the Westin La Paloma is big -- big portico, big lobby, big pool area -- and from the resort's sunset-pink Mission Revival buildings, there ar... more

The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is one of the premiere science museums in the United States. The museum includes five world-class exhibit galleries with more than 100 exhibits, as well as a popular IMAX theater. Children in... more

Dirt dug up during construction might always turn up some historic relics, and that's why earth underneath downtown structures is always carefully sifted and scrutinized. When this old adobe building was reconstructed in the 19... more

You've heard that wild cats roam the Sonoran Desert. Visit the historically significant U of A campus and discover that Wildcats rule the playing field as well. Tour the grounds, first broken for construction in 1887 and experi... more

This house is a fine example of 19th century Tucson architecture. The Fish House, named after a prominent Tucson businessman, is made from adobe, which is essentially dried mud and bricks, materials that have for centuries prov... more

Built in 1929, this building has the distinction of being Tucson's first skyscraper, towering high over the one-level houses that gave Tucson its distinct Western town character. From 1935 well into the 1990s, it was known as t... more