Fear Farm

Spread over a dozen or so buildings of various sizes and 25 acres of cornfield, this attraction will give you a full night of entertainment. The old-school haunted house is well worth the drive from wherever you’re coming from since, unlike most other haunted houses these days, Fear Farm is almost 100 percent real people […]

Fort McDowell Casino

With 23 different games of keno running every five minutes (including the super-competitive Speed Keno, where guests play 100 games for ten cents apiece, all at once-really!), it’s no wonder this is every small-time gambler’s favorite haunt. Fort McDowell Casino’s state-of-the-art bingo hall is a player’s paradise, what with its spacious smoking and non-smoking areas, […]

Goldfield Ghost Town

This 1890s-era mining settlement features specialty shops, a nature trail, mine tours, gold panning, staged gunfight shows, the phony Miner’s Last Diggin’s Cemetery, the “Southwest Live Rattlesnake Exhibit,” and displays of antique mining equipment.

Golfland Sunsplash

Years ago, having a large pool with a wave-maker and a slide or two was good enough to call yourself a “water park.” But thanks to establishments like Mesa’s Golfland Sunsplash, modern water parks more resemble amusement parks, with a variety of rides and water slides seemingly engineered by thrill-seeking adrenaline junkies. Sunsplash boasts attractions […]

Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix/Ro Ho En

Situated at the south end of the Margaret T. Hance Park, this three-and-a-half-acre refuge is the perfect place for busy urbanites to slow down and contemplate simple beauties: a 12-foot waterfall, a rocky stream that flows into a koi-filled pond, a shore of carefully selected rocks from Arizona quarries, and stone lanterns and sculptures. Even […]

Jump Street

So, walking is cool and all. But wouldn’t it just be so much more fun to jump everywhere? Yeah well that’s exactly what you can do ay Jump Street in Chandler where there are trampolines as far as the eye can see. Below your feet and on the walls there are large black trampolines so […]

Kiwanis Recreation Center

We give extra props to this Tempe outdoor facility because of everything around it – tennis and volleyball courts and shaded picnic areas for starters. Located in the 125 acre Kiwanis Park, the rec center’s other amenities include indoor wave pool, fitness center, gymnasium, corporate ramada area and classrooms. Since almost all outdoor activities must […]