Southern Arizona
Mini-Taj in the Yuma Desert
It's not as big as the Taj Mahal in India, but a little church in the desert north of Yuma was also built for ...Giant Crosses Watch Over Cochise County
Two huge Celtic crosses keep silent watch over the landscape of Cochise County. One graces the Holy Trinity Monastery, a Benedictine community just south ...Courthouse Diversity in Tucson
The Pima County Courthouse has been a Tucson landmark for eight decades, but it took a long time for the community to accept it ...Tribute to Melvin Jones on U.S. 70
There are very few distractions along U.S. 70 as it winds its way through the cotton fields and flatlands at Fort Thomas in southeastern ...Yuma’s Water Tank Art
Most communities adorn their water towers and tanks with either the town's name or first initial, but in Yuma they opted for something more ...A Rattler Over Tucson’s Broadway
The Diamondback Bridge in Tucson can probably lay claim to a variety of different titles -- "the world's longest rattlesnake," "the world's largest rattlesnake" ...Early Day Prospecting in Old Yuma County
About 20 miles up the Gila River from Yuma, the community of Dome basks in the desert sun. It's pretty quiet around here these ...Arizona in the Civil War? Deadly Skirmish at Picacho
Today, Picacho Peak serves as a familiar landmark along a stretch of Interstate 10 that connects Tucson and Phoenix. An unmistakable cluster of volcanic ...
