Photograph by Dawn Kish
Wherever The Spirit Moves Her
When the wind stirs the cottonwoods in Havasu Canyon, it sounds as though it’s come off the ocean. Impossible, considering that it’s 543 miles to the Pacific. The wind pushes the smoke of burning…
Photograph by Jeff Kida
We'll Let You In On A Little Secret
Reliable water in the desert, the only such oasis for miles around, has given Pipe Spring a rich history that includes Indigenous peoples, Brigham Young and John Wesley Powell. The presence of…
Photograph by Tom Bean
Heading North for the Summer
North Rim ferns thrive amid aspen trunks in an intimate view of the forest floor. The North Rim averages nearly 26 inches of moisture per year, allowing plants such as…
Photograph by John Burcham
The Resurrection of Colorado City
A road sign marks the entrance to Colorado City on State Route 389.Summer on the Arizona Strip means the occasional promise of a dark, vast, gray sea. Monsoon storms…
photographs courtesy of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Worshipping the Ground He Walked On
For the past four years, I’ve been following the footsteps of a ghost around the canyons of Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. Let me explain. In 1919, Charles L. Bernheimer, a cotton-goods…
Photograph by Rich Rudow
Parashant: It’s Easier Said Than Done
I have klatarismenophobia.  I hadn’t heard of it, either. But it turns out there’s a name for the irrational fear of getting a flat tire. For me, the roots aren’t hard to trace: In the summer of…
Photograph by John Burcham
Find Your Bismarck Lake
I had lunch the other day with an amateur photographer who talked about his frustrations with the craft. He’s been shooting for a long time — first with film, decades ago, and now with digital. He’s…
Photograph by Scott Baxter
Sierra Bonita Ranch
Vast and flat, Southeastern Arizona’s Sulphur Springs Valley stretches for 65 miles, from its northwest section along the Galiuro and Piñaleno mountains to its southeast end just west of the…