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May 2025 Contest

Photograph by Mark Lipczynski
Photograph by Mark Lipczynski
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Use Your Thinking Cap

The short-order cooks and blue-plate specials long ago deserted this Southern Arizona structure, which you’ll find in a tiny community bisected by a state highway. We’re looking for the name of that community, which sits along the last major undammed river in the American Southwest.


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To enter, correctly identify the location pictured at left and email your answer to [email protected] — type “Where Is This?” in the subject line. Entries can also be sent to 2039 W. Lewis Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009 (write “Where Is This?” on the envelope). Please include your name, address and phone number. One winner will be chosen in a random drawing of qualified entries. Entries must be postmarked by May 15, 2025. Only the winner will be notified. The correct answer will be posted in our July issue and online beginning mid-June.

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February 2025 Contest

Where is this? An old wooden building with worn white paint displays a DINER sign.
Photograph by Norma Jean Gargasz
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Answer & Winner

Palominas.
Congratulations to our winner, Stephanie Christman of Dana Point, California.

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The short-order cooks and blue-plate specials long ago deserted this Southern Arizona structure, which you’ll find in a tiny community bisected by a state highway. We’re looking for the name of that community, which sits along the last major undammed river in the American Southwest.

 

Where is this? The top of a house or building near a metal pole with ladder and two flat extensions at the top, the front of which is bright red. By Jeff Kida
Photograph by Jeff Kida
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March 2025 Contest

Answer & Winner

Patagonia.
Congratulations to our winner, Ken Kudrak of Colchester, Connecticut.

Sending a Signal

In a small Arizona town, you’ll find this train signal outside a building that dates to the early 1900s and celebrates the community’s railroad history. We’d like you to identify the town, which shares its name with a place that’s way, way south of Arizona.