Photograph courtesy of Jeremy Rowe
A Trip Down Memory Lanes
Arizona's climate has made many outdoor sports popular over the state’s history. Some, such as baseball, are still popular; others, such as cricket and rugby, appeal primarily to niche audiences in…
Photographs: Arizona Historical Society
Back at the Ranch
The Custer Trail Ranch in the Dakota badlands is where it all began. In 1879, that outfit was the first to use the term “dude ranch.” In Arizona, there’s no definitive answer on which came first, but…
Photograph: Northern Arizona University Cline Library
Seven Wonders of the Grand Canyon
ADA BASS 1867-1951 Ada Diefendorf Bass, a classically trained pianist born in New York in 1867, didn’t choose to be the first Anglo woman to raise a family at the…
Photograph: U.S. Geological Survey
Birdseye View
A river trip through the Grand Canyon is often described as a life-changing experience. It typically lasts between seven and 18 days, and river runners are treated to breathtaking scenery, side…
Photograph by Tom Brownold
Collecting Souvenirs
It’s before dawn when we arrive at the trailhead, so we check our packs as the sky pulls itself from the vacuum of night and warms into a violet haze.  Within minutes, and as we begin our South Rim-…
Photograph by Kerrick James
The Changeable Earth
I was alone the first time I went to Monument Valley. Nearly two years ago. Late April. The day was warm, but the night cooled the way night does when the desert remembers winter.  I’d been teaching…
Photograph by Adam Schallau
The Next Best
Editor’s Note: The images in this portfolio are presented chronologically, based on their publication date. We love all 25 images equally. Enio Lanaro April 2014,…
Front Cover of Arizona Highways 1966 Calendar
Editor's Letter
Tennis Imes sent us a letter in 1966. It came from Santa Monica, one of many letters we’d gotten in response to our thriving newborn. “Calls are coming in,” he wrote, “from friends and family…