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  • Dose of HistoryOdd ObservationsOnly in Arizona

    The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax

    By Taylor Haynes
    April 18, 2019
    Imagine stumbling across 31 lead objects in the middle of the Arizona desert. The objects are heavy, include swords, crosses and religious paraphernalia, and ...
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  • Odd ObservationsOnly in ArizonaSmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona

    “The Thing” Gets a New Home, Alien Companions

    By Taylor Holmes
    August 29, 2018
    The Thing, a mysterious tourist attraction 17 miles east of Benson, has a new home! Bowlin Travel Centers, which owns the property, recently completed ...
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  • Odd ObservationsOnly in ArizonaSmall Town Scene

    Spherical Building in Yucca a Monument to Failed Real Estate Project

    By Taylor Holmes
    August 17, 2018
    Some say it looks like a giant ping pong ball, a golf ball sitting on a tee, or a space ship. Whatever you think ...
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  • Odd Observations

    The Anthem Hitchhiker Waits for a Ride to Nowhere

    By Taylor Holmes
    March 27, 2018
    Hitchhiking may have lost its popularity in recent years, but the mysterious Anthem Hitchhiker still tries to catch a ride with drivers along I-17 ...
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  • Northern ArizonaOdd ObservationsOnly in Arizona

    Arizona’s Bigfoot Terrorizes Mogollon Rim

    By Taylor Holmes
    April 5, 2017
    We all know the story of Sasquatch and Bigfoot, but did you know that Arizona has a mysterious beast of its own? Better known ...
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  • Odd Observations

    Cruising into the Dwarf Car Museum in Maricopa

    By Marshall Shore
    September 11, 2016
    Driving the backroads of Maricopa in Pinal County, I saw a trailer with the painted words “Dwarf Car Museum.” How could I pass that ...
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  • Dose of HistoryOdd Observations

    Before Google Earth There was the CORONA Program

    By Marshall Shore
    May 13, 2016
    CORONA was America’s first satellite program, developed as a safer way to gather intelligence after a U-2 aircraft was shot down and the pilot ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona

    Yuma’s Bridge to Nowhere

    By Sam Lowe
    March 25, 2016
    YUMA – The McPhaul Swinging Bridge is located about 18 miles north of Yuma on Highway 85. It was constructed by Yuma County and ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona

    An Educated Ghost Lost on Campus

    By Sam Lowe
    February 11, 2016
    TUCSON – Around the turn of the Twentieth Century, a young University of Arizona coed was brutally murdered and her body was thrown down ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaOdd ObservationsSmall Town Scene

    Turning Cannons into Light Along the London Bridge

    By Sam Lowe
    January 2, 2016
    LAKE HAVASU CITY – Most Arizonans already know the story behind the London Bridge here. But most don't know the story behind the lamps ...
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