Mount Hayden defines a view from Point Imperial, on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, in a Robert Freeberg photo that appeared in the August 1947 issue of Arizona Highways.
The Grandest Canyon
Even to those who have seen you only in pictures, you are a mind-boggling sight, a colossal spectacle, an enormous tear in the earth, a vast and bewildering sea of textures and colors — of rocks and…
The setting sun casts a golden glow behind rocky peaks with saguaros in the foreground at Ironwood Forest National Monument. By Norma Jean Gargasz
Norma Jean Gargasz: This Is My Story
My interest in photography started early — growing up, I spent a lot of time poring over National Geographic and Life magazines — but it wasn’t until I decided to take a photography course that I…
The sun shines through a palo verde tree in front of a stone wall at Tohono Chul. By Eirini Pajak
Tohono Chul
It’s easy to miss the modest entrance to Tohono Chul, which is tucked into the Casas Adobes community on the north side of Tucson. But for four decades, the park — whose name is a Tohono O’odham…
Assorted food gifts, including nuts, chocolates, olives, cheese and salami.
Holiday Gift Guide
A. Iconic Arizona Roadrunner Belt This full-grain leather belt features a silver belt buckle with an illustration of one of the Southwest’s best-known animals. Several…
Photograph of the Christmas Tree Inn, Santa Claus, Arizona.
Santa Claus, Arizona
On October 9, 1939, our editor sent a telegram to James Farley, the postmaster general, in Washington, D.C. The telegram read:  “Would appreciate your reestablishing post office at Christmas,…
A raven and a fresh coat of snow adorn Wupatki Pueblo, the centerpiece of Wupatki National Monument. The pueblo is accessible via a short walk from the monument’s visitors center. By Elias Butler
This Old Housing Complex
Just below Wupatki Pueblo, a low stone wall encloses a sunken, oval-shaped basin. Excavated and reconstructed in 1965 by the National Park Service, this is Wupatki’s ball court, a site where the…
Black and white illustration by Ross Santee of lone horseback rider heading toward a distant ranch in a snowy, desolate landscape.
Storm Over Uinkaret
Editor’s Note: This story was first published by the Arizona Writers Project, a program of the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration. It was reprinted in the December 1940 issue of Arizona…
Heavy snow lines a forest road north of the Flagstaff area’s Lake Mary Road. By Tom Bean
Cold Pursuit
A placid pond at Lockett Meadow, in the San Francisco Peaks, mirrors snow-covered evergreens and a few lingering hints of fall color. At press time, the road to Lockett…