The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum is located outside Tucson and is not just a museum, but rather a zoo with many animals living in the surrounding desert. The views are outstanding and it is worth a drive to check out and see the natural beauty of the area.

Mexican food lovers rejoice! Tucson has both nationally acclaimed Mexican food and affordable housing for the Southwestern gourmand. Try restaurants such as El Charro Café. Open since 1922, El Charro Café is Tucson’s oldest Mexican restaurant and, reportedly, the site of the world’s first chimichanga.