A close-up of a light purple flower cluster against a green background reveals a camouflaged caterpillar with subtle orange hues.
Photo Editor Forum

Bruce D. Taubert: This Is My Story

Many landscape and nature photographers will tell you not to go out for a shoot with only one possible subject in mind, because you might not find...
Ryan Elewaut is pictured looking down the neck of one of his guitars. By John Burcham.

Solstice Guitars

A phoenix talussnail is shown as large black snail with a large spiral-shaped shell in a green, orange, brown and white environment.
Nature

Phoenix Talussnail

Endemic to Arizona, the Phoenix talussnail (Sonorella allynsmithi) lives on rocky slopes in Maricopa County. During dry seasons, the snail draws from...
A selection of menu items available at Rim Country BBQ includes a barbecue plate, wood-fired pizza, wings, drinks and dessert.
Dining

Rim Country BBQ and Wood Fired Pizza

We foolish humans like to think we’re in complete control of our lives, but Shane Lovett, the owner of Rim Country BBQ and Wood Fired Pizza in Payson, operates on blind faith — and his life has been...
An illustration from the October 1954 issue of Arizona Highways shows the Sky Riders Hotel.
History

The Sky Riders Hotel

When the city of Phoenix acquired Sky Harbor Airport in 1935, it was just a glimmer of what the facility is today. It had one terminal and served a...
Joseph Specter is pictured in the living room of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West, in Scottsdale.
Around Arizona

Joseph Specter

Frank Lloyd Wright had no regard for the tall. That’s a reminder many visitors receive when they explore Taliesin West, the legendary architect’s...
Bruce Simballa (on oars) and Kenton Grua (steering) guide an authentic Whitehall boat, the kind used by John Wesley Powell’s party, through the Grand Canyon’s Granite Rapids for an Imax film in 1984. Powell’s group portaged these rapids, but modern boatmen have the skills and experience to run these boats through the Canyon’s largest rapids. By Rudi Petschek
In Depth

Whatever Boats You Float

The rapid we started with this morning gave us to understand the character of the day’s run. It was a wild one. The boats labored hard but came out...
The San Francisco Peaks, Arizona’s highest mountains, loom over a hillside of evergreens and wildflowers at sunset. The Peaks are sacred to several of Arizona’s tribes, adding deeper meaning to an effort to rename one of the summits. By Michael Wilson
Latest Feature

Home of the Clouds

You don’t need a Ph.D. in anthropology to decipher the names of many of Arizona’s landmarks. The Grand Canyon is just that. The Vermilion Cliffs...