House of Tricks
Eat My Words: House of Tricks to Close
Owners Bob and Robin Trick of the iconic House of Tricks restaurant in Tempe, Arizona, have announced their plans to retire in June 2022. The critically acclaimed restaurant has been a Valley…
Illustration by Adam McCauley
The Tale of a Donkey
The most famous animal in national park history isn’t a Yellowstone grizzly or some majestic Grand Teton moose. It isn’t a black bear at Yosemite or a shaggy white mountain goat roaming the granite…
Desert landscape in midday light.
A Study in Contrasts
Q. I’m mostly interested in shooting landscapes and making prints from my photos. What are the best ISO, aperture and shutter speed settings for high-contrast light conditions? A. There are two ways…
Photograph by Gene Morris
Reflecting on the Canyon
The first picture of Grand Canyon I saw as a small boy was a photographic card inserted into our family stereopticon. It evoked from me the clamor of every boy for the Big Adventure of those days: a…
Photograph by Colleen Miniuk
Lake Havasu City Lighthouses
Alpena, whose inspiration is on the shore of Lake Huron in Michigan. | Colleen MiniukCoastal cities and towns are sometimes known for their charming lighthouses, which…
Photograph by George Stocking
Rare Opportunities
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared in the January 2014 issue of Arizona Highways, and some of the contacts quoted here have since moved on or passed away…
Photograph by Simeon Schwemberger
Diné
Covering an area of 25,000 square miles of sunburnt, sandy desert, grizzly, phantom-like cacti, varicolored, naked buttes and hills, and blackened lava beds of extinct volcanoes, the Navajo Indian…
Grand Canyon Temples
Sacred Temples in a Sacred Place
Michelangelo is quoted as saying, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” When I look out at the Grand Canyon’s many buttes, mesas and promontories stretched to the horizon,…