Since 1990, Tom Myers has been practicing medicine at the Grand Canyon, a place he calls the “greatest heat lab on Earth.” And in doing so, he’s become an authority on Canyon wilderness medicine. By John Burcham
What the Doctor Ordered
When Tom Myers was in the final months of an internal medicine internship at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix in the late 1980s, he feared he’d made a terrible mistake: Despite all he had endured to…
A dusting of snow covers the upper reaches of the Grand Canyon in a view from Toroweap Overlook, accessible via a long, rough dirt road on the North Rim. By Rich Rudow
Different Point of View
The Colorado River flows through Granite Gorge, a rugged section of the Canyon, at sunset in a view from the north side of the river. Granite Gorge is known for its…
Mount Hayden defines a view from Point Imperial, on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, in a Robert Freeberg photo that appeared in the August 1947 issue of Arizona Highways.
The Grandest Canyon
Even to those who have seen you only in pictures, you are a mind-boggling sight, a colossal spectacle, an enormous tear in the earth, a vast and bewildering sea of textures and colors — of rocks and…
The setting sun casts a golden glow behind rocky peaks with saguaros in the foreground at Ironwood Forest National Monument. By Norma Jean Gargasz
Norma Jean Gargasz: This Is My Story
My interest in photography started early — growing up, I spent a lot of time poring over National Geographic and Life magazines — but it wasn’t until I decided to take a photography course that I…
The sun shines through a palo verde tree in front of a stone wall at Tohono Chul. By Eirini Pajak
Tohono Chul
It’s easy to miss the modest entrance to Tohono Chul, which is tucked into the Casas Adobes community on the north side of Tucson. But for four decades, the park — whose name is a Tohono O’odham…
Assorted food gifts, including nuts, chocolates, olives, cheese and salami.
Holiday Gift Guide
A. Iconic Arizona Roadrunner Belt This full-grain leather belt features a silver belt buckle with an illustration of one of the Southwest’s best-known animals. Several…
Photograph of the Christmas Tree Inn, Santa Claus, Arizona.
Santa Claus, Arizona
On October 9, 1939, our editor sent a telegram to James Farley, the postmaster general, in Washington, D.C. The telegram read:  “Would appreciate your reestablishing post office at Christmas,…
A raven and a fresh coat of snow adorn Wupatki Pueblo, the centerpiece of Wupatki National Monument. The pueblo is accessible via a short walk from the monument’s visitors center. By Elias Butler
This Old Housing Complex
Just below Wupatki Pueblo, a low stone wall encloses a sunken, oval-shaped basin. Excavated and reconstructed in 1965 by the National Park Service, this is Wupatki’s ball court, a site where the…