Arizona

• The Grand Canyon is older than the dinosaurs.

• There are 13 species of rattlesnakes. That’s more than any other state. On average, 150 people are bitten by rattlesnakes each year.

• The Apache Trout Fish is only found in Arizona.

• In 1973, the bolo tie was designated as Arizona’s official state neckwear.

• One Native American tribe called the Havasupai Indians actually live inside the Grand Canyon in a village located near Havasu Creek.


• Cutting down a saguaro cactus is illegal. If you cut down an endangered cactus, you can face up to 25 years in prison.

• It’s illegal to wear suspenders in the town of Nogales.

• Mohave County: A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash with it until it is all used up

• It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.

• It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.

• Hunting camels is prohibited.

• Glendale: Cars may not be driven in reverse.

• Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.

• In the state of Arizona it’s illegal to remove or cut down a saguaro cactus. These plants are a state treasure and are highly protected.

• Arizona has a so-called “Stupid Motorist Law” that states anyone who passes a police-enforced barricade and ends up stuck or trapped in flood water will have to pay for the costs of their own emergency rescue.


• Colossal Cave is one of the biggest dry caverns in the world, with stalactites with names like Bonecrusher and Fang.

• Jerome Grand Hotel, once a hospital for the town's miners, is believed to be one of the most haunted places in Arizona.

• Morton Salt has been mining a salt deposit in unincorporated Glendale since the mid-1980s that is about 40 square miles wide and more than half a mile thick.

• The Boneyard (Tucson) - Located next to the Davis-Monathan Air Force Base, it is the largest boneyard for aircraft and has a massive collection of different airplanes.

• Santa Claus, Arizona (Golden Valley) - Sitting alone and abandoned along Route 93 outside of Chloride, Santa Claus is a deserted town that had big plans never realized.