Must-see attractions in Scottsdale

  • Taliesin West

    Scottsdale

    Taliesin West was the desert home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright, one of America's greatest 20th-century architects. A prime example of organic…

  • Cosanti

    Scottsdale

    The home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright student Paolo Soleri, who died in 2013, this unusual complex of cast-concrete structures was a stepping stone…

  • Old Adobe Mission with cross at top

    Old Town Scottsdale

    Scottsdale

    Tucked among Scottsdale's malls and bistros is its Old Town, a Wild West–themed enclave filled with cutesy buildings, covered sidewalks and stores hawking…

  • Museum of the West

    Scottsdale

    Opened in 2015, the Museum of the West has a rotating cast of temporary exhibits, ranging from Taos painters to Barry Goldwater's black-and-white…

  • Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

    Scottsdale

    Complementing the adjacent Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, SMoCA's five galleries, housed in a cleverly adapted old movie theater, showcase…

  • Scottsdale Historical Museum

    Scottsdale

    One of the buildings with genuine history in Old Town Scottsdale is the Little Red School House, now home to the Scottsdale Historical Museum, where low…

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