Has anybody truly seen the Grand Canyon? The first view into the gorge assaults the eye with detail and color, overwhelming the mind’s capacity to focus on any one point in the mess of ruined sheet cake: a geological supernova quilled with soaring pillars, rounded temples, fallen battlements, gigantic toadstools and high walls lacquered in colors of apricot, lava, bisque, mulberry and umber.
Phoenix has been the only major city in the country without passenger rail service, like Amtrak, for three decades. There is an old union station in downtown Phoenix that sits empty though a redevelopment plan for it is in the works.
In an opinion piece for the San Francisco Chronicle, Arizona native Tom Zoellner details the town s transformation into a mecca for West Coast hippies - to the frustration of residents.
Sedona, Arizona residents are fed up with the influx of Los Angelenos visiting their quaint city, claiming that tourists have depleted their quality of life.
You’d think that a town dependent on tourist dollars would never stop advertising itself. But in Sedona, Arizona, with wealthy residents weary of visitors jamming up their roads and a