The first time I visited Tucson, in 1973, I stayed in a comfortable downtown hotel, interviewed for a reporting job in a downtown newsroom and went...

Klondyke’s cemetery sits high on a ridge overlooking the broad sweep of Aravaipa Canyon, about 35 miles west of Safford. Prickly pear cactuses and a...

Look closely at Michael Chiago’s watercolors, and you might spot a small boy — he’s hatless and wears a blue shirt. The boy pops up in multiple...
Hiking

Before there were wilderness areas, there were primitive areas, which, in the words of Aldo Leopold, were defined as “a continuous stretch of country...
Scenic Drives

Seclusion can be hard to find on the Mogollon Rim when people flock there to escape the summer heat. But if you’re looking for peace and quiet in Rim...
Lodging

Growing up in Tokyo has a way of making a person yearn for wide-open spaces. At least, that was the case for Jeremy Budge, who spent his formative years in one of the planet’s biggest cities. “I...

Rick Burress is a longtime Arizona Highways consultant who trains design and photography professionals on desktop publishing software,...