A slice of pie with strawberry slices and ice cream is plated along side severa whole pies. By Steven Meckler
Dining

Zulas

In 1950, when Margo Moore and Helen Best opened their restaurant near the intersection of Grand Avenue and State Route 82 in Nogales, Zulas’ destiny was set. More than 70 years later, the one-story...
The front of the two-story Bisbee Woman’s Club’s clubhouse, dedicated in 1902, is shown behind a low wire fence. Courtesy NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
History

Bisbee Woman’s Club

At the turn of the 20th century, Bisbee might have been considered rough around the edges. At its peak, the Copper Queen Mine employed 2,700 men to...
A black bear drinks from a stream in a woodsy Arizona setting. By Bruce D. Taubert
Nature

Black Bear

In this photograph, captured via a camera trap, a black bear (Ursus americanus) drinks from an ephemeral pool on the Tonto National Forest north of...
Swimmers enjoy the Tempe Beach pool in 1943, 20 years after it opened. | TEMPE HISTORY MUSEUM
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Summers at the Beach

As the sun rises over Tempe Town Lake, a goldendoodle pulls a woman wearing spandex along the paved riverwalk, past a flock of tethered swan boats....
Author Noah Austin navigates an electric vehicle through the Tepees, a section of Petrified Forest National Park. While Arizona’s other two national parks, Grand Canyon and Saguaro, have fast charging stations nearby, the Petrified Forest area poses challenges for EV road-trippers. | John Burcham
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Arizona Unplugged

“A national park is not a playground,” the late conservationist Michael Frome wrote. “It’s a sanctuary for nature — and for humans who will accept...
A Sikorsky helicopter lifts the remains of Chindesaurus bryansmalli, a dinosaur popularly known as “Gertie,” from the layered landscape of Petrified Forest National Park on June 6, 1985. The fossilized dinosaur was discovered near what now is called Hózhó Point. | Jeff Kida
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Old News

On a cold, clear December morning, Adam Marsh takes in the panorama from Petrified Forest National Park’s Hózhó Point. Nearby, the Painted Desert Inn...
Amid falling rain from an isolated storm cell, a pair of rainbows appear over the sandstone buttes of Red Rock Country at sunset. In theory, all rainbows are double rainbows, but the secondary rainbow is often too faint to be seen. | Theresa Rose Ditson
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Chasing Rainbows

Byron Neslen Another double rainbow contrasts with late-afternoon clouds near Stoneman Lake, south of Flagstaff. This photo was made during...
The summit of Wahl Knoll, a peak in Eastern Arizona’s White Mountains, offers a view of an expansive meadow and other rounded knolls. Reaching an elevation of more than 9,700 feet, Wahl Knoll is off State Route 261 northeast of Big Lake. | Joel Hazelton
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Summer Wears a Green Gown

Editor’s Note: If you were with us last month, you might have noticed, and maybe even read, Nancy Newhall’s excellent story about Organ Pipe Cactus...