HistoryArizona’s da Vinci Code
Every May since 1981, parties unknown have run a cryptic, full-page ad in the University of Arizona’s student newspaper. Locals call it the May Day Mystery.
Every May since 1981, parties unknown have run a cryptic, full-page ad in the University of Arizona’s student newspaper. Locals call it the May Day Mystery.
Under renovation by the NCAA as part of its Final Four outreach, the Harmon Park gym in south Phoenix is a pickup basketball mecca that produced generations of the city’s best players.
The recent renovation of Kolb Studio at the South Rim brings to focus the story of two brothers and their photographic legacy at Grand Canyon National Park.
Robert Gosnelll Sr.'s castle-like Green Gables restaurant set the stage for unforgettable dining with mounted knights, fair maidens and insolent puppets.
Herb Lieb found the perfect beat in transforming the Phoenix nightclub scene in 1971 when he opened Herb’s Underground, the city’s first discotheque.
Ernest McFarland spent six decades in public service, shaping landmark legislation like the G.I. Bill and Central Arizona Project. A new memorial celebrates his legacy.
Once the luxurious centerpiece of Dr. A.J. Chandler’s “Pasadena of the Salt River Valley,” the 103-year-old San Marcos Golf Resort finds new life as a funky vintage hotel and craft cocktail cove.
Shrouded in gunsmoke and folklore, the Power's Cabin Shootout over World War I draft-dodgers was deadlier than the gunfight at the OK Corral.
Desert tortoises are put up for adoption every spring by the Arizona Game & Fish Department to become beloved backyard pets. And they might just outlive you.
For almost 30 years, the biggest annual event in Phoenix was a nationally heralded high school pageant called the Masque of the Yellow Moon.
Since 1948, Enchanted Island Amusement Park has captivated with its folksy atmosphere and rides – but now it faces an uncertain future.
Arizona’s Territorial prostitutes led challenging lives wrought with violence, disease and addiction – but research reveals some new insights.
Phoenix barely missed landing an NFL expansion team in 1974, but the Valley’s pro pigskin aspirations later captured the Arizona Cardinals and the Super Bowl.
Outlaw in State
Flowers. Coins. Unopened whiskey bottles. Bags of Baken-ets Hot ‘N Spicy pork rinds
Mesa Cemetery, a manicured oasis for mourners and sightseers, reflects the community’s growth from Mormon outpost to cosmopolitan city.