Arizona is one of those places where the drive is the attraction. In a single day you can roll from cactus-studded desert into pine forests, then finish on a canyon.....
Tucson is an easy city to love as a home base: great food, big desert skies, and quick access to wildly different landscapes within a couple of hours—caves, mountain views,.....
Phoenix is one of the best “home bases” in the Southwest because you can wake up in a sunny desert metro and be in red-rock country, pine forests, lake coves,.....
Arizona was built for road trips. The scenery changes fast—saguaro-studded desert, pine forests, red-rock canyons, volcanic fields, and wide-open highways that feel like they go on forever. With the right.....
Arizona’s big-name destinations are incredible—but if you want the kind of trip that feels personal (and not like you’re following a crowd), small towns are where the state really shines......
Arizona’s headline attractions (hello, Grand Canyon) deserve their fame—but the state’s real magic often lives one turn off the highway: quiet national monuments with otherworldly rock formations, overlooked lakes with.....
October arrives in Arizona’s southwestern corner with the return of one of the state’s most exciting seasonal celebrations as the Yuma County Fair Fall Fest transforms the historic fairgrounds into.....
76 Years of Tucson’s Most Beloved Holiday Tradition The 76th Annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights illuminates December evenings from December 13-27, 2025, continuing one of the longest-running light festivals in.....
December 12-14, 2025 marks the 56th Annual Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair, transforming Tucson’s historic Fourth Avenue into one of the Southwest’s most celebrated community gatherings. This iconic neighborhood, which.....
Celebrating 51 Years of Cultural Heritage and Community Unity October’s arrival in Tucson signals the return of one of Arizona’s most beloved cultural celebrations, as Tucson Meet Yourself prepares for.....
The Most Rip-Roaring Celebration in the West The legendary town of Tombstone prepares for its most spectacular annual celebration as Helldorado Days returns October 17-19, 2025, marking the 96th consecutive.....
The mystical red rocks of Sedona provide the perfect backdrop for one of Arizona’s most enchanting wildlife celebrations. This summer brings the 11th Annual Sedona Hummingbird Festival, where the desert’s.....
The morning of April 15, 1862, broke clear and cool over the stark granite peak of Picacho Pass, halfway between Phoenix and Tucson. Union cavalry Captain William P. Calloway led.....
The morning of April 6, 1929, started like any other in the sleepy border town of Naco, Arizona—until the drone of airplane engines filled the desert sky. Within moments, explosions.....
In the depths of the Great Depression, as dust storms ravaged the heartland and breadlines stretched through American cities, Arizona’s governor declared war on the state of California. This wasn’t.....
In the pre-dawn darkness of July 26, 1953, a convoy of over 100 police vehicles descended upon the remote desert community of Short Creek, Arizona. Armed officers, social workers, and.....
In the scorching summer of 1915, a Model T Ford lurched to a stop in the middle of the Imperial Sand Dunes, its wheels buried axle-deep in the shifting sands......
Standing at the border crossing in Nogales today, watching thousands of people move between Arizona and Sonora, it’s hard to imagine that just 175 years ago, this entire region was.....
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