Photograph by Scott Baxter
My dad ties a lot of knots.  The first time I noticed his weird habit was in the 1980s or early ’90s, when we were in my parents’ dining/knot-tying room in the house they’d rented. That mental…
Photograph by Suzanne Mathia
FIRST PLACE Stan Rose Aspens at Arizona Trail, near Arizona Snowbowl   SECOND PLACE David Swanson Bald eagle, Lynx Lake   THIRD…
2024 Wildlife photo contest winning submission of a desert spiny lizard. By Randi Najac
One best in show and 11 winners will be showcased in the 2026 calendar, which is published as part of the November-December 2025 issue of Arizona Wildlife Views. The best-in-show photo is published…
Stu and Brenden Kaner at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Seven years ago, Stuart Kaner received the August 2016 issue of Arizona Highways in the mail. The issue, which highlighted Arizona’s national parks, inspired him to take an unexpected journey with…
Photo of LeRoy DeJolie by Larry Lindahl
“LeRoy [DeJolie] is an amazing teacher. He actually teaches every minute that he is in the field. He does NOT bring his camera and tripod to do his own shooting. He is constantly giving and seeking…
Postcard: Susan Arreola Postcard Collection,  Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library
From an East Camelback Road Airbnb, I drive to Van Buren Street in Phoenix to see Douglas Towne, a writer and preservationist with the Society for Commercial Archeology. Before freeways, Van Buren…
Photograph by Claire Curran
Laurence Parent A thunderstorm forms near Big Lake, one of the largest reservoirs in the White Mountains, at sunset. A popular boating and fishing destination, Big Lake…
Photo: ARIZONA STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC RECORDS
Upon haphazardly throwing a bedroll, thermos, shovel and revolver into a Chrysler roadster named Betsy, author Hoffman Birney set off on an early iteration of the great American road trip in 1928.…