Lodging

Imagine waking up to the gentle caresses of the Salt River, watching rays of sun stream over the cliffs, listening as birds welcome the day and catching a glimpse of wild horses frolicking in the...
Hiking

Coronado National Forest, Tucson As backyard playgrounds go, Tucson might have every other city beat. To the east and west are the two districts...
Scenic Drives

Sonoran Desert, Gila Bend Emerson had it right: “There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.” And these days, the...
Lodging

The sun wakes the desert gently. Despite a triple-digit forecast, the emerging sun feels mild, backlighting the fat arms of monsoon-fed ocotillos and giving the rounded tops of paloverdes a soft,...
Dining

Grapes is appropriately named. For a place that revolves around wine, that might seem obvious. But just like its namesake, this Jerome restaurant took a while to achieve its final form. “Before this...
Hiking

Prescott National Forest, Prescott The origin of the word “wilderness” is wildeornes, which comes from wild deor (“wild deer” + ness). In a...
Scenic Drives

Dragoon Mountains, Tombstone The O.K. Corral. The Bird Cage Theatre. Gunfight re-enactments. When it comes to Wild West history, Tombstone has...
Lodging

Owner Chris Brown jokes that the Inn at Castle Rock is the only hotel in Bisbee with a moat. He’s referring to the cement aqueduct Bisbee residents built to channel the floodwaters that ripped...