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Lodging
With its giant neon saguaro and Santa Fe-style exterior, Apache Lodge stands as a colorful monument to the whimsical auto culture of the 1940s and ’50s.
Built in the mid-1940s at the “gateway to...
Scenic Drives
Prescott to Seligman
In many parts of the country, strip malls and subdivisions have crept into rural areas that contain treasured remnants of the...
Hiking
Coconino National Forest, Verde Valley
Sand dunes, snakes, scorpions ... there’s a long list of stereotypes about Arizona. Although there is sand...
Lodging
The word “labyrinth” can mean many things, but in this instance, we’re not talking about the 1986 film starring David Bowie. A labyrinth looks like a maze, but it’s not a maze — you go out...
Hiking
Munds Mountain Wilderness, Sedona
“Huh? Jacks Canyon? No. I’ve never hiked it.”
That’s the response you’ll get from even longtime residents of...
Scenic Drives
Coconino National Forest, Verde Valley
For most travelers, Interstate 17’s Exit 298 means the red rocks, aura readers and turquoise jewelers of...
Scenic Drives
Saguaro National Park and Tucson Mountain Park
Thanks to Old Tucson Studios, the Tucson Mountains have become synonymous with the Southwest,...
Lodging
In the decades after Lodge on the Desert opened, it was one of Tucson’s most popular overnight destinations. After that? Not so much. “The Lodge was a big deal,” says Dan Donahoe, who bought the run-...