Photograph of Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly at sunset is by Phillip Noll.
Canyon de Chelly
Sophie Shorty spent her childhood mornings cradled by cedar posts and hand-carved rock slabs deep within Canyon de Chelly. As the sun rose, warm light seeped into her hogan, slowly waking her from…
A calm swimming pool is shown, with lounge chairs and palm trees surrounding it.
Rancho de los Caballeros Unveils Major Renovation
WICKENBURG, AZ (March 3, 2026) – Rancho de los Caballeros Resort, a historic, family-owned dude ranch and guest resort nestled in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, announces the completion of its final…
A rock featuring spiral rock art is in the foreground of this photograph, with desert scrub in the middle ground and mountains and an orange, purple and red sunset in the background.
Spring Break Guide: From Canyons to Culture
Spring in Arizona isn’t just a season; it’s an invitation. As the desert floor transforms into a tapestry of wildflowers and the high country sheds the winter chill, families have a fleeting window…
Sandstone buttes reach skyward in the Navajo Nation’s Monument Valley, as viewed from Hunts Mesa. | Derek von Briesen
Breathing Space
I’ve always believed that if you could see something, you could get there. In the Southwest, that’s a tricky proposition. That mountain or mesa ahead of you is probably on the other side of countless…
Chevelon Canyon begins at the confluence of Woods Canyon and Willow Springs Canyon drainag es, treed areas pockmarked by limestone outcroppings. | Nick Berezenko
How We Found the Lost Forts of Chevelon Canyon
Photographer Nick Berezenko and I were intrigued by the secret in the book I'd found. It told of two fortified pueblos on Chevelon Creek in northern Arizona dating from 800 years ago. But the…
A hiker admires the view from Hole-in-the-Rock, the centerpiece of present-day Papago Park in Phoenix and Tempe, in an undated postcard photo. The site became Papago Saguaro National Monument in 1914, but it lost that designation less than two decades later. | Phoenix Public Library
The Land of Lost Opportunity
In 1932, L.C. Bolles proclaimed himself a “press agent for Paradise” in the pages of this magazine. To Bolles — a road engineer, history buff, and student of archaeology with outlandish ideas —…
Mexican goldpoppies and lupines decorate a meadow dotted with teddy bear chollas in the Black Mountains of Western Arizona. This location is near the old mining town of Oatman, now a tourist destination known for its free-roaming burros. | Claire Curran
Spring to Life
Brittlebush flowers reach skyward from a sea of their brethren at San Tan Mountain Regional Park, southeast of Phoenix. In addition to spring blooms, this 10,000-acre…
Backlit cottonwoods define a view of Central Arizona’s Fossil Creek. Once an omnipresent sight along the state’s waterways, cottonwoods now occupy a fraction of their former habitat — a result, scientists say, of increased water use and climate change. | Derek von Briesen
We Might Be Up a Tree
W‌hen Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and his men traveled north from Mexico in 1540 into what would later be called Arizona, they were searching for fabled cities of gold. But…