Such a cute little library that's easy to find for those of us just visiting Cottonwood. Librarians…read morewe talked to were super helpful.

I am currently in the reading room right now and I was under the assumption this was a quiet place…read moreto read. The main area of the library is already noisy, so it was frustrating when 30 minutes into my reading, the lady with short grey hair started restocking books. She was making so much noise and I even had my Bose headphones on. How come we can't have a quiet place in the library anymore? You would think the employee would wait to restock if there was something reading- it's common library etiquette.

Considering the size of this town (approx 450 residents and only about half that full time), it has…read morea remarkable library. Great selection of books, plus the "old book room". And they support the Community Art Workshop. Stop in and say hi to the librarian, Kathleen, or one of the numerous volunteers.

This museum has a lot to go through and it would take you some time. You'll need more than an hour,…read moremaybe 1 1/2-2. There is a video that is so fun and worth watching. I wish there was a tour guide or someone to answer questions along the self guided. It does a great job at showing what the city was once like. All the original pieces from the mines are for you to see up close. Worth checking out!

This was a fun place to try. I've been years ago, but decided to give her another try. It was so…read morebusy and decided to take a tour of the mansion. The little video they had was fun. Overall, I'm not sure if it was worth $26 for the entry fee.

This is the Yavapai College Verde Valley campus, in Clarkdale. We have about ten buildings here,…read moreincluding a greenhouse for the agriculture program, the Southwest Wine Center with a 13-acre vineyard, and a new Skilled Trades Center. We also have classrooms, a small break area with a cafeteria that will open in the future, and a modern library. Attending the classes has been a ghost town experience, as on-campus activity has been minimIzed during the pandemic. However, we have excellent faculty, and the entire state watches what we do at the wine center. Class plans are very accommodating, with degree, transfer, apprenticeship, and personal interest curricula. I am studying for a certificate. The campus is beautiful, and I really enjoy looking across the valley at the spectacular mountains and my home 20 miles away.

Great options of classes for life long learners or those pursuing their respective degrees…read more Great schedule that works around people who are working but also works in conjunction with the Prescott campus and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. New this year is Vitiology or study of wine, growing grapes and the like. With the Verde Valley hopefully an up & coming wine area it has been great to see the support of the college with local industry. I am taking VIT 120 Wines of the US right now & it has been fantastic the knowledge received in just a few short weeks. There is great talent teaching at the Verde Campus across the board.

We stopped in Jerome and was not disappointed. It is a cute town in Arizona's Black Hills. It…read morepromotes being a ghost town, and is considered one of the most haunted places in Arizona. We were able to park on the street for free, but there is also areas to pay for parking. We spent a few hours walling the town, going in and out of shops, galleries and wineries. Many of the buildings had plaques stating what the building was in the past. A nice way to learn about the history of the town. The views of the Sedona's Red Rock , Verde Valley and the San Francisco Peaks were beautiful. Worth spending a few hours visiting.

A fantastic, old West mining town on the top of the hill turned into a lovely tourist attraction…read morewith restaurants and museums, but awesome! Certainly if you are the type that would like to see an old ghost town you should definitely put Jerome your list! I really enjoyed the welcome center, and then the town itself! I won't lie the drive up and down the hill for me was a little stressful. I mean safe but you know if you're afraid of heights I do recommend going but just take your time. Go slow and certainly make sure you drive during the day and leave before sunset heading down the hill. I wish the railings were larger on some parts of the drive up and down the hill, but anyway enough of that. It really is an easy drive I don't want to scare you into not going, but I'm from the East Coast where everything is flat so for me it was a bit stressful lol. The main part of town is only about two or three blocks wide and then maybe I don't know five or six blocks long really fantastic little place! Make sure you hit all of the museums and in the downtown area as well, there were so much fun and learned so much about Jerome It was really easy to do in a half day. You probably only need a few hours in town, maybe two or three hours to walk around maybe add another hour on for a meal. We stopped in a pizzeria, which was absolutely delicious and we were in and out there in 30 minutes and we got to sit at a table in order. Absolutely fascinating place, you might want to start at the welcome center at the very top of the hill to understand the history of the town and to see a three-dimensional model of the entire town before actually heading into the town and parking. You might want to get there a little on the earlier side of the day too, so you could get a parking spot I mean, we had no trouble. We parked in the area around the sliding jail. You might want to look and understand where there's parking before you go, but other than that, you probably could find a spot pretty easy. There are two main streets in the town where many of the buildings have a plaque outside and describe what the building used to be used for back in the old West days. I love just walking along the street, stopping at every historic home and reading about it. I had a great time here! It really made a wonderful trip out to Sedona even better! Highly recommended for a side trip while staying in Sedona, I would travel during the light hours of the day as you will be driving up and down a hillside.

Cool little town with alot of historical interest. Great restaurants and bars and a ton of artsy…read morestores. Plenty of streetside and lot parking. Many lodging choices. Great place to spend the day checking out all the local art. Additional info from Wiki: A mining town named Jerome was established on the side of Cleopatra Hill in 1883. It was named for Eugene Murray Jerome, a New York investor who owned the mineral rights and financed mining there. Eugene Jerome never visited his namesake town. Jerome was incorporated as a town on 8 March 1889. Local merchant and rancher William Munds was the first mayor. The town housed the workers in the nearby United Verde Mine, which was to produce over 1 billion dollars in copper, gold and silver over the next 70 years. Jerome became a notorious "wild west" town, a hotbed of prostitution, gambling, and vice. On 5 February 1903, the New York Sun proclaimed Jerome to be "the wickedest town in the West". In 1915 the population of Jerome was estimated at 2,500.

Ever wonder how a town of 495 people could support a 6 person police force? Easy, they just rob the…read moretourists with bogus municipal codes. This past November while riding through Jerome I was stopped and harassed by the local police department for failure to follow a traffic control device. Guess what? There was no traffic control device to follow. So after making it clear I would be fighting the ticket, they switch charges to unsafe passing on the left. Wrong again, the road was 3 lanes wide and a one way. Needless to say the crooked judge could not let me get away without a shakedown, so she invented a new charge, noise violation under Town of Jerome Municipal Code. Noise violations are completely arbitrary and without any measure of sound, it's preposterous to make such a charge. Needless to say $127 lighter in the wallet I suggest you DON'T support tourist shakedowns. (This is not the first/only shakedown I know of, just the only one that happened to me - standard line, "It's just a municipal code and there will be no points on your licence, just mail the $200 in.")

The whole experience was just so much more than I expected. Thank you Romain for the insightful…read moreand valuable words I will take home with me.

My annual birthday aura reading with Jamie is a fantastic way to see how my energy shifts each year…read moreand helps me to prioritize and focus my activities. I brought my sister with me this year and she was blown away by her reading. Thank you, Jamie!

A nice little history museum about Jerome…read more We popped in here while in town to have lunch. The history museum occupies the back 2/3 of this building. The front 1/3 houses a gift shop of many art pieces etc. There was a $2 pp fee to go back to the museum section. We found the artifacts, plaques and more to be quite informative on why Jerome exists and what it was all about in its heyday of mostly copper mining. If you're in Jerome and want to take a deep dive into its history, this stop is a must.

What an amazing town and what amazing people to keep this sound up and running and they're getting…read moreus about the culture the historical past and keeping it current enough for us to enjoy. Thank you you from Seattle Washington.