Hiking

There’s nothing inherently sinister about the Devil’s Bridge Trail. It’s the drive to the trailhead that’s out to get anyone who dares to cross the...
Scenic Drives

At Arizona Highways, we want to give you your money’s worth — which is why, for a scenic drive to become a Scenic Drive, it has to have plenty of...
Lodging

Nestled along Interstate 10 in Tucson, the property that’s now the Tuxon Hotel was built in 1969 as a traditional motor lodge. But its extensive redesign in 2020 has turned it into a destination —...

When I moved to Sedona two decades ago, I was a mountain biker with a 5-megapixel Nikon digital camera. I also was something of a refugee fleeing...
Nature

Great egrets (Adrea alba) are common along Arizona’s waterways, including the Gila, Salt, Verde and Colorado rivers, as well as at Gilbert’s Riparian...
Dining

As the crow flies, it’s about 2,100 miles from Brooklyn, New York, to Florence, Arizona. But Angela and Mike Buccellato took an even longer route to get there.
History

Arizona and California, its neighbor to the west, have an ongoing, mostly friendly rivalry. In 1934, though, a dispute over water rights led to a...

Sophie Shorty spent her childhood mornings cradled by cedar posts and hand-carved rock slabs deep within Canyon de Chelly. As the sun rose, warm...