Odd Observations
The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax
Imagine stumbling across 31 lead objects in the middle of the Arizona desert. The objects are heavy, include swords, crosses and religious paraphernalia, and ...“The Thing” Gets a New Home, Alien Companions
The Thing, a mysterious tourist attraction 17 miles east of Benson, has a new home! Bowlin Travel Centers, which owns the property, recently completed ...Spherical Building in Yucca a Monument to Failed Real Estate Project
Some say it looks like a giant ping pong ball, a golf ball sitting on a tee, or a space ship. Whatever you think ...The Anthem Hitchhiker Waits for a Ride to Nowhere
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 ...Arizona’s Bigfoot Terrorizes Mogollon Rim
We all know the story of Sasquatch and Bigfoot, but did you know that Arizona has a mysterious beast of its own? Better known ...Cruising into the Dwarf Car Museum in Maricopa
Driving the backroads of Maricopa in Pinal County, I saw a trailer with the painted words “Dwarf Car Museum.” How could I pass that ...Before Google Earth There was the CORONA Program
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 ...Yuma’s Bridge to Nowhere
YUMA – The McPhaul Swinging Bridge is located about 18 miles north of Yuma on Highway 85. It was constructed by Yuma County and ...An Educated Ghost Lost on Campus
TUCSON – Around the turn of the Twentieth Century, a young University of Arizona coed was brutally murdered and her body was thrown down ...Turning Cannons into Light Along the London Bridge
LAKE HAVASU CITY – Most Arizonans already know the story behind the London Bridge here. But most don't know the story behind the lamps ...
Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?
The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax