Scottsdale Attractions

10 attractions

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  #1 · Historic Site

  Taliesin West

  Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and studio, built from 1937 out of local desert rock and still the home of his architecture school and foundation.

  Score 69.7 · medium confidence
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  #2 · Natural Landmark

  Mummy Mountain (Arizona)

  Mummy Mountain is a mountain situated in Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States. The slopes of the mountain incorporate primarily suburban residential development while the upper summit areas are conservation sites. Camelback Inn has been located on the southern slope since 1936.

  Score 50.5 · medium confidence

• #3 · Historic Site

  Cosanti

  The gallery and house of the architect Paolo Soleri.

  Score 44.8 · medium confidence
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  #4 · Natural Landmark

  McDowell Mountains

  The McDowell Mountain Range (Yavapai: Wi:kajasa) is located about twenty miles northeast of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and may be seen from most places throughout the city. The range is composed of Miocene deposits left nearly five million years ago. The McDowells share borders with the cities of Fountain Hills, Scottsdale, and Maricopa County.

  Score 44.3 · medium confidence
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  #5 · Landmark

  Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

  Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is a stadium complex located in the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, at the former site of the Pavilion Lakes Golf Club. It serves as the Major League Baseball spring-training facility for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies, replacing Tucson Electric Park for the Diamondbacks and Hi Corbett Field for the Rockies. The complex represents the first MLB park to be built on Native American Indian land.

  Score 42.4 · medium confidence
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  #6 · Landmark

  McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

  A children's park with playgrounds and a small train that children and parents can ride around the park.

  Score 35.7 · medium confidence
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  #7 · Museum

  Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West

  A Smithsonian Affiliate covering the art and history of the American West across nineteen states, in a building designed to hold travelling exhibitions alongside its own collection.

  Score 34.5 · medium confidence

• #8 · Museum

  Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

  A museum of contemporary art, architecture, and design.

  Score 24.2 · low confidence

• #9 · Landmark

  LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana

  This sculpture, and other versions of it, by Robert Indiana have become iconic symbols of Love. The design was made for a Christmas card. It has since been used in a myriad of mediums from stamps to sculpture. Other versions of this statue are in Philadelphia's Love Park, 6th Ave in New York, New Orleans, and outside the incredibly tall Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan.

  Score 19.8 · low confidence

• #10 · Landmark

  Salt River Project Canals

  ”). The banks of the canals provide nice views and an escape from cars. They are open to the public for running, biking, and other recreational activities.

  Score 19.8 · low confidence