Odd Observations
Not Even A “Sometimes Tallest Fountain” In Fountain Hills Anymore
FOUNTAIN HILLS -- The Fountain Hills fountain used to be billed as the world's tallest because it shot a column of water as high ...Odd Street Names in Sedona
SEDONA -- Only a few Sedona streets go in a straight line. Equally interesting are the names. There is no First Street in Sedona. ...Have You Been to the “Valley of the Moon”?
TUCSON -- The majority of Arizona's humans are residents of Phoenix, a sprawling megalopolis known as "the Valley of the Sun." But most of ...Know the Origin of the Frog Boulder near Cherry?
Some creative landmarks dot the landscape around Yavapai County – the Hwy 89 frog, the SR 96 duck and the Date Creek skull. Each ...Willcox Town Hall Now Housed in Old Railroad Depot
WILLCOX -- Old railroad depots have disappeared at an alarming rate all across the country, which is a misfortune because they were wonderful old ...Peach-Faced Love Birds Live in the Valley?
Q: I was walking the Red Mountain Ranch area in east Mesa recently when I saw five or six parrot looking birds with bright ...Gabrielle Darley: Murderess or Misunderstood Maiden?
Way back in the 1920s and 1930s, getting involved with Gabrielle Darley was similar to receiving a death sentence because five important men in ...What’s the Story Behind the Building Foundation on Top of Shaw Butte?
Q: Near the top of Shaw Butte in Phoenix is the foundation of what must have been a large building. What was it? A: ...Buildings at Phoenix High School are Out of This World
The Robert L. Duffy High School takes academic architecture all the way to the outer limits of the universe. The small campus in downtown ...Bye Bye, Big I-10 Baby
Since 1997, a giant baby has fascinated motorists along Interstate 10 west of Phoenix. The humungous infant was seated in an unplowed field north ...
