If you’re interested in history, you’ll have to pay a visit to the Arizona Museum of Natural History. Located in Mesa’s downtown district, the museum is billed as the “premier natural history museum in Arizona,” and offers guests the chance to experience Arizona’s ancient past, from the dinosaur periods through the first inhabitants of the Southwest.

The Valley’s elite guard gated communities are located in the most scenic and expensive neighborhoods in the state. Guards phone residents before admitting visitors, and service workers enter only at scheduled times. Guests receive a one day restricted visitor’s permit that must be displayed on their vehicle.