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I am no physician, but I do know that if anyone should come to me in need of a rest cure, I would have the name of an ideal place on the tip of my tongue.  “Go into the White Mountains of Arizona,”…

We’d have met Sam Luce much sooner had it not been for the dogs. Two of them — part German shepherd, part redtick coonhound — began barking as soon as we pulled through the gate at the end of Luce…

Nestled between ancient sandstone walls and shaded by centuries-old sycamores, Indian Gardens is a place deeply rooted in time. The most obvious monument to its past is the weathered stone face of…

Jeff Perkins came to Verde Valley School in 1955, when he was a year old and his parents were hired as teachers. For the most part, he’s been there ever since. “My sophomore year, I took a class…

NOVEMBER Clear water rushes over small waterfalls at Slide Rock State Park in Oak Creek Canyon. The main attraction here — an 80-foot natural waterslide made slick by…

JK: As a portrait photographer, you frame your subjects in creative ways. This one feels different. Why? SB: This is Michael Swearngin, an artist who’s a good friend of mine. We were trying to get…

Standing at the edge of a small meadow in the Prescott National Forest, I contemplate a small, neglected orchard with Kanin Routson and his wife, Tierney (pictured).  “There’s a ton of places like…

The 33rd annual Bell Lexus North Scottsdale Copperstate 1000, presented by the Men’s Arts Council, returns to Arizona this weekend. It is one of North America's most celebrated vintage car road…