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Valley of the Moon

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

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Lisa Frank Factory

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

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Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

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309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

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Rattlesnake Bridge

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

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Mat Bevel's Museum of Kinetic Art & Surrealistic Pop Science Theater

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

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History of Pharmacy Museum

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

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Tucson Mineral and Gem World

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

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Barrio Bread

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

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El Charro Cafe

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

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Polo's Taqueria

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

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San Xavier Co-op Farm

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

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The people of Tucson have been eating off the land for 4,100 years. From grains to livestock to produce introduced by missionaries in the 1600s, this UNESCO City of Gastronomy is home to some of the oldest farmland in North America. What once was old is new again in The Old Pueblo where ancient flavors are found in nearly every dish — trendy to traditional.

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Prickly pear gummies are a taste of the Sonoran Desert.

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