Photograph of Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly at sunset is by Phillip Noll.
Around Arizona

Canyon de Chelly

Sophie Shorty spent her childhood mornings cradled by cedar posts and hand-carved rock slabs deep within Canyon de…
A calm swimming pool is shown, with lounge chairs and palm trees surrounding it.

Rancho de los Caballeros Unveils Major Renovation

WICKENBURG, AZ (March 3, 2026) – Rancho de los Caballeros Resort, a historic, family-owned dude ranch and guest resort…
A rock featuring spiral rock art is in the foreground of this photograph, with desert scrub in the middle ground and mountains and an orange, purple and red sunset in the background.

Spring Break Guide: From Canyons to Culture

Spring in Arizona isn’t just a season; it’s an invitation. As the desert floor transforms into a tapestry of…
Sandstone buttes reach skyward in the Navajo Nation’s Monument Valley, as viewed from Hunts Mesa. | Derek von Briesen
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Breathing Space

I’ve always believed that if you could see something, you could get there. In the Southwest, that’s a tricky…
Chevelon Canyon begins at the confluence of Woods Canyon and Willow Springs Canyon drainag es, treed areas pockmarked by limestone outcroppings. | Nick Berezenko
Culture

How We Found the Lost Forts of Chevelon Canyon

Photographer Nick Berezenko and I were intrigued by the secret in the book I'd found. It told of two fortified pueblos…
A hiker admires the view from Hole-in-the-Rock, the centerpiece of present-day Papago Park in Phoenix and Tempe, in an undated postcard photo. The site became Papago Saguaro National Monument in 1914, but it lost that designation less than two decades later. | Phoenix Public Library
Around Arizona

The Land of Lost Opportunity

In 1932, L.C. Bolles proclaimed himself a “press agent for Paradise” in the pages of this magazine. To Bolles — a road…
Mexican goldpoppies and lupines decorate a meadow dotted with teddy bear chollas in the Black Mountains of Western Arizona. This location is near the old mining town of Oatman, now a tourist destination known for its free-roaming burros. | Claire Curran
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Spring to Life

Brittlebush flowers reach skyward from a sea of their brethren at San Tan Mountain…
Backlit cottonwoods define a view of Central Arizona’s Fossil Creek. Once an omnipresent sight along the state’s waterways, cottonwoods now occupy a fraction of their former habitat — a result, scientists say, of increased water use and climate change. | Derek von Briesen
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We Might Be Up a Tree

W‌hen Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and his men traveled north from Mexico in 1540 into what would…