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When people talk about affordable retirement destinations, Florida and Texas typically dominate the conversation. Arizona enters the chat with Winslow, a place where retirees report their Social ...

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Badwater Basin sits at −282 feet, the lowest point in North America, in the depths of Death Valley, California. The serene ...

Here’s everything you need to know to plan a trip to Saguaro National Park in Arizona, including the best hiking trails, things to do, and more.

On his plot in Joshua Tree, the software engineer built a home specifically as a short-term rental — part of a craze that saw ...

Sometime between the evening of Thursday, Oct. 30 and the morning of Halloween, Oct. 31, numerous swastikas and a misspelled Nazi slogan were spray-painted in three locations in Carrie Blake Community ...

Police in Bethel Park are investigating after a rock painted with swastikas was found in a community rock garden, a place created to lift spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic. A rock garden built to ...

Petrified Forest National Park spans around 346 square miles of semi-desert shrub steppe and highly eroded and colorful badlands in northeastern Arizona. The park is a blend of short grass prairie and ...