Author: Sam Lowe
Wickenburg’s Botanical Incarcerator
Right in the middle of downtown Wickenburg, there's an old mesquite tree that folks around town say has been there longer than anyone can ...Giant Kachina Guards Carefree Subdivision
The world's largest kachina is a 39-footer that stands guard over the Tonto Hills subdivision about sevel miles north of downtown Carefree. This giant ...A Rattler Over Tucson’s Broadway
The Diamondback Bridge in Tucson can probably lay claim to a variety of different titles -- "the world's longest rattlesnake," "the world's largest rattlesnake" ...The Helping Hand Helps Superior
The town square in Superior isn't very big. In fact, it's not even a square; it's a triangle. A small triangle. So small that ...A Giant Head Guards Route 66
About 15 miles east of Kingman, at the corner of Route 66 and Antares Road, a huge green head keeps a watchful eye on ...Tribute to a Fallen Earp
Western movies never mention him, but there was another Earp sibling involved in Arizona's history. His name was Warren and, unlike his three more ...Gun Sculpture of Phoenix
PHOENIX - It took Robert John Miley more than a decade to turn guns into art. The result is a sculpture that rises above ...The Painted Rocks at Chloride
CHLORIDE - Up around here, the painted rocks are known simply as "the Mural." Roy Purcell, the artist, called the work “The Journey” and ...Old Clifton Jail: A Real Hole-in-the-Wall
It's not much to look at, just a hole blasted into a huge rock, but Clifton's first jail is worth taking a look at ...Sixty-Ton Frog Greets Drivers Along Highway 89
Just about a half mile north of downtown Congress, the old frog squats in the desert sun on a hillside along Highway 89. ...
Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?
The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax