SOUTHWEST WONDER
TUCSON, ARIZONA
s owners of The Joshua Tree House — a 1949 hacienda and neighboring casita in Joshua Tree, California — Sara and Rich Combs were already veteran Airbnb hosts and home remodelers when they discovered an abandoned inn on the western edge of Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. Left neglected for more than a decade, the 1970s-built, five-suite inn needed major repairs and a whole lot.