Valley of the Sun
A Ship Sailing Through Scottsdale?
SCOTTSDALE -- So you're driving along East McDowell Road when suddenly up pops this thing that looks like an oversize sailing vessel, so big ...Big Chicks Stand Guard at Arizona Restaurants
Arizona seems to attract giant roosters the way Hollywood attracts killer frogs and giant spiders. Nobody's sure why they flock here, but the big ...The “Flying Mushroom” in Downtown Phoenix
PHOENIX -- One of the more recent additions to the city's public art is large and a bit difficult to understand. Since being installed ...Walk in the Path of Ancient Hohokam at Sears-Kay Ruin
Just east of Carefree, the Sears-Kay Ruin offers a peek into the lifestyles of ancient Hohokam Indians, ancestors of today’s Pima Indians and the ...Scottsdale Shopping Center Becomes the Right Place for a Wright Piece
SCOTTSDALE -- The City of Scottsdale is benefiting from an error in judgement by the State of Arizona. In 1957, famed architect Frank Lloyd ...Arizona Falls Serves as Double Duty Waterfall
PHOENIX -- Most waterfalls cascade across mountain faces or plummet into deep gorges, and they're usually hard to reach. But there's one in Phoenix ...Giant Arrow Points to Phoenix
PHOENIX -- More than 50 years ago, the Valley of the Sun was a whole lot of desert sprinkled with a few towns, mostly ...Tree Stump Sculptures Adorn Chandler Golf Course
CHANDLER -- After summer monsoon winds knocked down several large trees on the SunBird Golf Course in 2005, the course operators decided that, rather ...Cornhusker Queen Runs Old Town Scottsdale Store for Nebraska Fans
SCOTTSDALE -- Caryl Peters is a University of Nebraska football fan. Like most who cheer for the Cornhuskers, she is rabid, intense, avid and ...The Valley’s Cake Buildings: A Little History Behind Gammage, ASU Music and Tovrea Castle
Some buildings look just like buildings; others can conjure up visions of happy songs, candles and wishes. Three of them are located in the ...
Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?
The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax