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  • Fountain in Fountain Hills, Arizona
    Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    Not Even A “Sometimes Tallest Fountain” In Fountain Hills Anymore

    By Sam Lowe
    August 18, 2013
    FOUNTAIN HILLS -- The Fountain Hills fountain used to be billed as the world's tallest because it shot a column of water as high ...
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    Odd Street Names in Sedona

    By Sam Lowe
    July 13, 2013
    SEDONA -- Only a few Sedona streets go in a straight line. Equally interesting are the names. There is no First Street in Sedona. ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona

    Have You Been to the “Valley of the Moon”?

    By Sam Lowe
    June 27, 2013
    TUCSON -- The majority of Arizona's humans are residents of Phoenix, a sprawling megalopolis known as "the Valley of the Sun." But most of ...
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  • Northern ArizonaOdd Observations

    Know the Origin of the Frog Boulder near Cherry?

    By Andrea Aker
    June 2, 2013
    Some creative landmarks dot the landscape around Yavapai County – the Hwy 89 frog, the SR 96 duck and the Date Creek skull. Each ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona

    Willcox Town Hall Now Housed in Old Railroad Depot

    By Sam Lowe
    April 20, 2013
    WILLCOX -- Old railroad depots have disappeared at an alarming rate all across the country, which is a misfortune because they were wonderful old ...
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  • Natural SurroundingsOdd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    Peach-Faced Love Birds Live in the Valley?

    By Andrea Aker
    April 3, 2013
    Q: I was walking the Red Mountain Ranch area in east Mesa recently when I saw five or six parrot looking birds with bright ...
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  • Odd Observations

    Gabrielle Darley: Murderess or Misunderstood Maiden?

    By Sam Lowe
    March 22, 2013
    Way back in the 1920s and 1930s, getting involved with Gabrielle Darley was similar to receiving a death sentence because five important men in ...
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  • Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    What’s the Story Behind the Building Foundation on Top of Shaw Butte?

    By Andrea Aker
    March 7, 2013
    Q: Near the top of Shaw Butte in Phoenix is the foundation of what must have been a large building. What was it? A: ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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