The Bottom Line
- Light, easy reading
- Even Arizona natives will be surprised at some of the odd things in the state.
- Some of the curiosities didn't seem so strange to me--but maybe that just makes me unusual....
Description
- Arizona Curiosities presents more than 200 unique places, things, and people in Arizona.
- Arizona Curiosities is written with good-natured humor.
- Who knew there were so many giant animals, dinosaurs, kachinas, sundials, and golf balls in Arizona!
- Use this book as an adjunct to your Arizona guide book, for off-the-beaten path adventures.
- Don't forget your camera!
Guide Review - Arizona Curiosities
Every unusual place or person or thing (or Thing!) he mentions in his book are totally unique to the State of Arizona. I was surprised that I was familiar with or had been to many of the oddities that he described. As a matter of fact, I didn't think some of them were very strange at all, which just shows you how weird I am. For instance, I knew that the Fountain in Fountain Hills was special, but it isn't really wacky or strange. However, I had no ideas that the world's largest rose bush is in Tombstone, and now I know I've got to get back there to see it. There are thousands of Arizonans who, like me, have driven by that sign inviting us to see "The Thing" but never stopped to see what "The Thing" is. Now I know. Did I want to know? I don't know.
The book is arranged by region of the state, so it makes it easy to take the book along on the family roadtrip and make a game out of finding the items Mr. Lowe mentions in the book. At least that's what I'd do.
This book would make a great gift for any family, newcomer to Arizona, or native Arizonan. Arizona Curiosities will make even the most traveled Arizonan say, "Gee--I never knew that!"
