Hiking

It’s dangerous to dole out superlatives when writing about hikes in Arizona. As soon as you do, you’ll discover one that’s even better than the...
Scenic Drives

There might not be a silver lining to wildfire, but there’s a white (and black) one: aspens, which colonize burned areas in many of Arizona’s forests...
Lodging

Michael Feldman describes the Star Motel as Sedona’s “little time machine vortex” — one he first experienced as a guest in September 2020, when he and his wife, Blair Morton, needed a road trip...

Dramatic storms are a highlight of Arizona’s summer monsoon, especially for landscape photographers — and I’ve been fortunate to photograph several...

Sometimes, to see the big picture, you have to look at the granular details. So, instead of studying the solar system through a telescope, planetary...
Dining

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...
History

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...