Phoenix's history runs deep. Block 23, otherwise known as that empty parking lot next to CityScape, has seen its share of activity over the years: a theater, a JCPenney, and, before that ...

and the red-rock buttes are the perfect vantage place to watch a Technicolor sunset over the Phoenix cityscape. You can head to Hole in the Rock, of course, but that's typically swamped with visitors.

Dog Haus Biergarten is back in action in downtown Phoenix. State of play: The CityScape location of the national hot dog chain reopened earlier this month under new ownership. It originally opened ...