Battleship in the Grand Canyon

Climbing Aboard the Battleship

Perhaps I should’ve charted safer courses years ago. But here I am, closer to my 70s than my 50s, still chasing…
Smoke from the Dragon Bravo Fire creates sunbeams in the Grand Canyon just before sunset. By Matt Soeffner
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Stories from the North Rim

In the wake of the devastating Dragon Bravo Fire, which destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, many of the…
A jaguarundi perches on a tree trunk. Despite their name, jaguarundis are in the same genus as mountain lions, not jaguars. | iStock
In Depth

A Little Cat Goes A Long Way

There are all sorts of cats in Arizona — from coddled condo kitties and feral Tucson toms to bobcats and cougars, the…
Sedona’s iconic Cathedral Rock formed the backdrop for a set used in Copper Canyon, a 1950 film that starred Ray Milland and Hedy Lamarr. By Bob Bradshaw
Culture

Quiet on the Set

Nineteen seventy-three. That was the unofficial end of the movie business in Sedona. There were a few other flicks in…
Daniel Bulletts, a member of the Kaibab-Paiute Tribe, serves as its Cultural Resource Director. | John Burcham
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As Different as Night and Day

When members of the Kaibab-Paiute Tribe look up at the night sky above their homeland in one of the darkest places in…
The colorful, textured “brain rock” of White Pocket, in the Vermilion Cliffs, is one of many geological wonders on the Colorado Plateau. By Claire Curran
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Our Land of Colorful Rocks

THIS IS A LOVE STORY OF SORTS. Not a love story among people — although readers of this magazine will be familiar with…
Flowering yuccas catch the last light of the day beneath the sandstone buttes of the Navajo Nation, which makes up much of Arizona’s northeast corner. Covering more than 27,000 square miles in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, the Navajo Nation is the largest tribal land in the United States. By Bernhard Michaelis
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Our Photographers Really Click

Wildflowers bloom around a fallen aspen along the Kachina Trail, part of the Flagstaff…
Evergreens surround one of the Kaibab Plateau’s many expansive meadows as monsoon clouds gather in the sky. Such meadows are ideal for spotting the plateau’s wildlife, which includes mule deer, pronghorns and a non-native herd of bison. By Shane McDermott
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The Green Roof of the Kaibab

Editor’s Note: The celebration of our 100th anniversary continues with another wonderful piece from another wonderful…