Phantom Ranch, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, is turning 100 this month. But on the night of April 28, 1999, Warren Tracy was worried it wouldn’t...
Dining

“You’re lightweights!” chef Lisa Dahl says with a laugh and a wink. This, after her guests have tried just a handful of menu highlights from Butterfly Burger, located on an unassuming corner of a...
History

These days, a road trip from Los Angeles to Phoenix is routine, but in the infancy of car travel, driving that distance was an accomplishment. Thus,...
Nature

Although you might associate common raccoons (Procyon lotor) with forests and trash cans, they’re also prevalent in the Sonoran Desert — as long as...

Editor's Note: Photographer Jay Dusard passed away on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025 at the age of 88. He was an architect, a horseman and a documentarian...

I don’t have much experience with dead wildlife. But I once had a friend who did quill work and was ecstatic when any of us found road-killed...

Here in Arizona, as “the swift seasons roll” to bring Autumn leaves tumbling round our ears, I am reminded anew of the poet who urged America to know...

Patrick Pynes and his partner, Sharon Lee Harris, live in a mountain oasis surrounded by natural beauty. Their 2.5-acre property northeast of...