Although I’ve lived in Phoenix, Arizona for twenty years of my life, there are still times I wonder why on earth someone thought it would be a good idea to build a city in the middle of a desert with ...

Long before the area was colonized, Indigenous people thrived in the Arizona desert -- the Sear-Kay Ruin dates back to the year 1500. Hiking to the ruins takes about a half hour. The trail is less ...

Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species – including hummingbirds, coyotes and string rays – along with 1,200 local plant species. Next to the ...