Photograph by Laurence Parent
Set In Stone
A rock arch frames Punch and Judy, two hoodoos that resemble a bickering couple, near the Heart of Rocks Loop. The loop itself is 7.3 miles in length, but some…
Courtesy Spragge Family Collection
On This Day In Rock History
On Labor Day in 1934, some 7,000 visitors crowded onto Massai Point for the dedication of Chiricahua National Monument. While the Bisbee High School Bugle Corps played and dignitaries expounded,…
Photograph by Jonathan Buford
Jonathan Buford: This Is My Story
I’ve spent much of my time in Arizona exploring and photographing the state’s 90 wilderness areas, and one of the spots closest to home is the Four Peaks Wilderness, northeast of Phoenix. As…
Photograph by Jeff Maltzman
Texas Canyon Nature Preserve
Zipping past Texas Canyon, an hour southeast of Tucson, it’s impossible not to notice the boulders — giant, eye-catching piles of granite, like something out of The Flintstones. But other than…
Painter Ed Mell, in a blue shirt and cream colored-hat, stands with his arms crossed in front of one of his landscape paintings.
In Memoriam: Ed Mell
Ed Mell was a student of the Arizona landscape, of the state's skies, mountains and figures. The acclaimed artist was born in Phoenix in 1942, graduated from LA's Art Center College of Design in 1967…
Photograph by Guy Schmickle
Take A Picture, It’ll Last Longer
Desert sand verbenas (purple) and evening primroses (white and yellow) blanket a sand dune at Havasu National Wildlife Refuge in Western Arizona. Operated by the U.S.…
Photograph by Bruce D. Taubert
Mysterious Little Birds
This story ran in Arizona Highways' January 2015 issue. Editor’s Note: If you’re a longtime reader of Arizona Highways, you’re familiar with Charles Bowden. For decades, his beautiful words have…
Photograph by Joel Hazelton
The Trickle-Up Effect
North of Clarkdale, at the end of a long, twisting road that starts out paved and ends as a rough dirt path, you’ll find the Parsons Trailhead. And following the Parsons Trail about a mile into…