- Tucson gets 350 days of sunshine annually - more than any other US city.
- Tucson is surrounded by the world's largest concentration of Saguaro cactus.
- The Wall Street Journal dubbed Tucson "a mini Mecca for the arts".
- The Arizona-Sonora Museum was rated one of America's top zoos in the country by
Parade Magazine - Pima Air & Space Museum is the largest privately funded air museum in the world.
- Original Ansel Adams prints hang in the museum he founded, the UA's Center for
Creative Photography. - Quarter horse racing began at Tucson's historic Rillito Downs.
- Tucson is consistently rated one of the best golfing destinations in the west.
- Colossal Cave is one of the largest dry caverns in the world. Explorers have yet to find its end.
- Tucson is the only city in the U.S. that hosts three Major League Baseball Spring Training teams - The Arizona Diamondbacks, The Colorado Rockies and The Chicago White Sox.
- Saguaro National Park is one of the Unites States' newest national parks. It is second only to the Grand Canyon in the number of visitors it receives annually.