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Tucson Attractions Biosphere 2 Old Tucson Studios Mt Lemmon and the Coronado National Forest Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum More Tucson Attractions San Xavier del Bac Mission Kitt Peak National Observatory Pima Air and Space Museum Sabino Canyon Even More things to do in Tucson (bet you didn’t think there was this much!) International Wildlife Museum Saguaro National Monument Colossal Cave Unique to Tucson FUN! Historic Fox Theatre Rattlesnake Bridge Dinosaurs @ McDonalds! Statue of Pancho Villa, Downtown Tucson Paul Bunyan Giant Bullfighter “A” Mountain Gardens, Museums and Golf OH MY! Tucson Botanical Gardens Reid Park Zoo University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography Featuring the endowment collection of Ansel Adams El Conquistador Golf Course Tucson Mall Breakers Water Park WOW! So what else can I see? Al Marah Arabian Stud Tucson Children’s Museum Southern Arizona is a truly amazing place! A short drive south of Tucson can take you to... Tombstone “The Town Too Tough to Die: If you saw “Tombstone” and “Wyatt Earp” you will enjoy visiting historic Tombstone, site of the famous O.K. Corral Gunfight with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday versus the Clanton gang. Walk the streets of Tombstone, visit the REAL OK Corral, have lunch at Big Nose Kate’s Saloon, tour the Birdcage Theater, watch reenactment gunfights and see the World Famous Boot Hill Cemetery. Several wonderful museums including the Rose Tree Inn, home of the world’s largest rose tree. Located in the Dragoon Mountains about an hour southeast of Tucson, this rugged natural fortress was, for some 15 years, the home and base of operations for the famed Apache Chief, Cochise. Cochise and about 1,000 of his followers, of whom some 250 were fighting men, located here. Sentinels, constantly on watch from the towering pinnacles of rock, could spot their enemies in the valley below and sweep down without warning in destructive raids. No man, woman or child within a hundred miles was safe from these attacks. Cochise is reputed to have been a master strategist and leader who was never conquered in battle. In 1872 he came to terms with the white man and lived out the remaining two years of his life in peace. Upon his death, he was secretly buried somewhere in or near his impregnable fortress. The exact location has never been revealed nor determined. Cochise Stronghold Bisbee Old West Mining Town that is now a charming arts community in the canyons of the Mule mountains. Lots of shopping, antiquing and rock hounding opportunities. Visit famous Brewery Gulch! Visit the Copper Queen Hotel, built in 1902. Step back in time to the mining heydays. The Copper Queen is said to be haunted… Lavender Pit Mine One of the largest open pit copper mines in the world. Copper Queen Mine. Ride ore cars deep into the mine and learn about the glory days of Southern Arizona Mining Main Street, Bisbee, AZ Douglas Hotel Gadsden, a beautiful art deco hotel, built in 1907, before Arizona became a state. Legend has it the Mexican Revolutionary, Pancho Villa, rode his horse up this staircase. The lobby features a 42’ window mural by Louis Comfort Tiffany, a solid Italian marble staircase, and a ceiling covered in $20,000 (in 1929 dollars) worth of gold leaf. Southern Arizona Ghost Towns The counties in and around Tucson are home to over 120 ghost towns. Some are a few crumbling adobe bricks, a lone tombstone, others are active thriving communities. See the real wild west up close! As you can see, the city of Tucson and beautiful surrounding Southern Arizona is a fantastic destination for NAN, the exhibitors, and their families. We look forward to sharing the sites, sounds and food of our beautiful city and state as the host for NAN in 2011! Oh, and we haven’t forgotten the best part… Our Sunsets still rock. Thank you for your consideration