Arizona has been a destination for thousands of hopeful settlers over the years. At one point, many of them were miners looking to find gold in the mineral-rich Sonoran desert mountains. But, just as ...

Driving the Historic U.S. Route 66 is a bucket-list road trip experience packed with famous landmarks — but here are three ...

To truly appreciate the essence of Arizona, make the rugged drive to Cleator and Crown King in the Bradshaw Mountains north of Phoenix. This road trip gives travelers a taste of everything that makes ...

If Jimmy Buffett had been born in Arizona, odds are he’d be holding court at the Cleator Bar & Yacht Club. Never mind that it’s nearly 300 miles from the nearest beach — this improbable watering hole, ...

Ghost towns are common throughout Arizona, thanks to this state’s rich Old West history and our tendency to abandon a community when its usefulness has been exhausted. Take, for example, the ...

Located in the Superstition Mountains, Goldfield was a booming gold-mine town from 1892 to 1898, the time it took to strip the rich vein of all its ore. Between Sedona and Prescott, the town boasted ...