The first draft of the Papago Freeway Tunnel was unveiled in 1973… and was a huge flop. The original model displayed a ‘sky highway’ rising 40-100 feet over Phoenix, with the exits at Fifth ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

Home to the Desert Botanical Garden and the Phoenix Zoo, Papago Park is popular with locals and visitors alike thanks to its proximity to downtown Phoenix (less than 10 miles east) and its massive ...

If you've ever visited the Phoenix Zoo, you might have noticed the ... setting a "national record," according to plaques on the tomb in Papago Park. Plaques on the tomb describe Hunt as "a ...

The tunnel in question is the Papago Freeway Tunnel, more commonly known as the Deck Park Tunnel, which is part of Interstate 10 and runs from approximately Third Street to Third Avenue. That's ...

Papago Park isn't exactly a hidden gem ... Desert landscape offers a respite from the urban sprawl that is metro Phoenix, and the red-rock buttes are the perfect vantage place to watch a ...

If you've ever visited the Phoenix Zoo, you might have noticed the gleaming white ... setting a "national record," according to plaques on the tomb in Papago Park. Plaques on the tomb describe Hunt as ...