Leavenworth Oktoberfest is not a casual fall festival. It is Washington State's most committed German celebration, three consecutive weekends in October, held in the Festhalle (a purpose-built festival hall), with German beer by the liter, traditional Bavarian food, oompah bands, and a crowd that genuinely comes prepared to participate.
The Bavarian village setting of Leavenworth makes Oktoberfest feel earned rather...
Washington State is more than Seattle and Mount Rainier. Beyond the Space Needle and the ferry terminals, beyond the coffee shops and the tech campuses, Washington holds a remarkable collection of small towns that most visitors never find, and most Seattle residents have never visited despite living within two or three hours of them.
This guide of best small towns...
Tombstone, Arizona has a marketing problem that is also, in a backwards way, its greatest asset. Every visitor arrives knowing at least one thing: the gunfight at the OK Corral, October 26, 1881, 30 seconds of violence that produced three dead cowboys and the most documented gunfight in American frontier history.
That singular event, endlessly retold in film, television, and...
Looking for the best things to do in Bisbee AZ? This complete travel guide covers top attractions, hidden gems, restaurants, hotels, and a perfect weekend itinerary.
There is a town in southeast Arizona that should not exist. It sits in a narrow canyon at 5,300 feet elevation. Its streets climb in staircases and double back through rock. This is Bisbee,...
Why Bisbee Became Arizona's Most Unlikely Art Town
When the copper mines closed in 1975, Bisbee should have died.
Other Arizona mining towns did. They became ghost towns, empty buildings, abandoned streets, and a few historic plaques.
Bisbee did not die. It transformed. Explore the beautiful Art Galleries Bisbee AZ for your upcoming visit to Bisbee Arizona.
Artists, writers, and musicians discovered the...
Bisbee's single most underestimated travel advantage is its elevation. At 5,300 feet above sea level in the Mule Mountains of Cochise County, Bisbee runs 15–25°F cooler than Tucson and 20–30°F cooler than Phoenix year-round. When southern Arizona is at its summer peak and the desert floor bakes at 105°F, Bisbee is typically sitting at a comfortable 80°F with a...
Two Towns, 25 Miles Apart, Completely Different Worlds
Most visitors to southern Arizona know Tombstone. Fewer know Bisbee.
Both sit along AZ-80 in Cochise County, about 25 miles apart. Both were born in Arizona's mining boom years. Both survived the collapse of their mines. And both draw visitors from across the country.
But that is where the similarities end.
Tombstone and Bisbee went...
Jerome, Arizona is having an identity crisis, in the best possible way. It is simultaneously a ghost town (officially designated one of the largest in America), a thriving arts destination, a wine trail hub, a haunted history landmark, and a jaw-dropping piece of landscape architecture where 19th-century buildings cling to a steep mountainside above one of the most beautiful...
Arizona is not just Grand Canyon postcards and Phoenix sprawl. Tucked between its red-rock mesas, desert grasslands, and mountain sky islands lies a parallel Arizona that most visitors never find, a patchwork of Victorian mining towns, Route 66 relics, artist colonies, wine villages, and ghost-town streets where burros still roam free.
These are the small towns that make Arizona one...
Bisbee is a remarkably good destination for dog travelers. The canyon streets, staircase neighborhoods, and outdoor dining culture of this small Arizona arts community make it a natural fit for well-behaved dogs whose owners don't mind a few logistical considerations specific to a hillside town.
This Bisbee AZ Pet Friendly Guide covers the pet-friendly hotels, dog-welcoming restaurants, hiking options, practical...