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.

Prescott Frontier Days boasts the Oldest Rodeo in the World. The Rodeo has been around since 1888 and is held over the week of the Fourth of July. The rodeo began when a group of businessmen and merchants offered cash and prizes for the first ever cowboy tournament.