Arizona Oddities

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Your Guides
  • Departments
    • Art
    • Dose of History
    • Culture
    • Natural Surroundings
    • Odd Observations
    • Weather Talk
    • Food & Dining
    • Small Town Scene
    • Recreation
    • Only in Arizona
  • Get the Books
  • Contact Us

logo

Arizona Oddities

  • Home
  • Your Guides
  • Departments
    • Art
    • Dose of History
    • Culture
    • Natural Surroundings
    • Odd Observations
    • Weather Talk
    • Food & Dining
    • Small Town Scene
    • Recreation
    • Only in Arizona
  • Get the Books
  • Contact Us

Art

Home›Category: "Art" (Page 3)
  • ArtNatural Surroundings

    Clapp is a Cotton-Only Artist

    By Sam Lowe
    October 17, 2013
    CASA GRANDE -- Carl Clapp's life and his art both revolve around cotton. He majored in art education in college and planned to ...
    Read More
  • Carefree Sundial
    ArtValley of the Sun

    Carefree Sundial is Among the World’s Largest

    By Andrea Aker
    September 8, 2013
    CAREFREE – One of the world’s largest sundials anchors a colorful and eclectic desert garden in Carefree. This time-telling sculpture measures 90 feet in ...
    Read More
  • ArtNorthern Arizona

    Help Needed for Shrine of St. Joseph in Yarnell

    By Sam Lowe
    August 10, 2013
    YARNELL -- The deadly Yarnell Hill fire that killed 19 firefighters and caused heavy property loss in Yarnell also damaged the Shrine of St. ...
    Read More
  • ArtSmall Town SceneSouthern ArizonaWeather Talk

    Artistic Flood Prevention in Clifton

    By Sam Lowe
    August 2, 2013
    CLIFTON -- The southern portion of Clifton suffered major damage when the San Francisco River overran its banks twice in the 1970s and again ...
    Read More
  • ArtSouthern Arizona

    Mining Engineer Decorates the Community of Oracle in Southern Arizona

    By Sam Lowe
    June 17, 2013
    ORACLE -- Martin Salter wasn't a trained artist, but his work is highly regarded in this community. Salter was a mining engineer who loved ...
    Read More
  • ArtValley of the Sun

    Old Highway Signs Make up Centennial Tribute in Downtown Phoenix

    By Sam Lowe
    April 16, 2013
    Those who drive by an old warehouse in downtown Phoenix might think it's a hasty repair job thrown onto the side of the structure ...
    Read More
  • ArtSmall Town Scene

    Sculpture Garden at Yavapai College Features a Fancy, 5-Foot Frog

    By Sam Lowe
    March 26, 2013
    PRESCOTT -- Yavapai County is a dandy place for those people who delight in seeking out giant frogs. Their most famous destination is a ...
    Read More
  • Art

    Anthem’s Amazing Solar Tribute to Veterans

    By Sam Lowe
    March 3, 2013
    Anthem's new Veterans Memorial is impressive, touching and monumental and, in a way, most unusual. It is composed of five large marble pillars of ...
    Read More
  • ArtOdd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    Buildings at Phoenix High School are Out of This World

    By Sam Lowe
    February 28, 2013
    The Robert L. Duffy High School takes academic architecture all the way to the outer limits of the universe. The small campus in downtown ...
    Read More
  • ArtOdd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    Bye Bye, Big I-10 Baby

    By Sam Lowe
    February 19, 2013
    Since 1997, a giant baby has fascinated motorists along Interstate 10 west of Phoenix. The humungous infant was seated in an unplowed field north ...
    Read More
1 2 3 4 5 … 9

Arizona Oddities Archive

Most Popular Posts

  • How to Keep Scorpions Away from Your Home
  • How to Keep Javelinas Away from Your Yard
  • What’s With All the Backyard Concrete-Block Fences…
  • Did You Know it’s Against the Law to Grow…
  • Can You Get a Sunburn Under Water?

This Week Past Years

2020

  • Scottsdale is Home to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Desert-Inspired Winter Haven

2017

  • Mid-Century Modern Architecture Still Vibrant in Phoenix

2016

  • An Educated Ghost Lost on Campus

2015

  • Get a Whiff of This Old Arizona Party Spot

2014

  • Hear the Balladeer's Ballads at Arizona Folklore Preserve

2013

  • Featured Artist: Pete the Miner
  • Abraham Lincoln’s Bodyguard and Other Civil War Soldiers Buried in Southern Arizona

2012

  • Celebrating the Centennial (sort of) with a Message, Compilation from Clay Thompson
  • Celebrating the Centennial: 10 People that Shaped Arizona
  • Celebrating the Centennial: My Long Distance Love Affair With Arizona
  • Billy Stiles: Lawman-Outlaw-Lawman

2011

  • Trivia on Arizona Cities & Towns: Can You Pass?

2010

  • Doc Flower: One of Old Arizona’s Great Con Men
  • Recent

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Find a Famous Writer and Explorer's Mountain Retreat in Greer

    Find a Famous Writer and Explorer’s Historic Mountain Retreat in Greer

    By Taylor Haynes
    July 31, 2020
  • thousands of Mexican free tail bats make Phoenix tunnel their summer home

    Thousands of Mexican Free-Tail Bats Make Phoenix Tunnel Their Summer Home

    By Taylor Haynes
    July 17, 2020
  • How to Keep Scorpions Away from Your Home

    By Andrea Aker
    January 3, 2011
  • Javelina

    How to Keep Javelinas Away from Your Yard

    By Andrea Aker
    November 23, 2011
  • Phil Motta
    on
    August 27, 2021

    Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?

    I know this post ...
  • Carol
    on
    October 17, 2020

    The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax

    lol ... these "clues" ...

Follow us

© Copyright 2009 – 2023 Aker Ink, LLC :: Arizona Oddities is published by Aker Ink.