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Dreams of Waves in the Desert
A deep dive into Big Surf (aka the world's first waterpark and 'surfable' inland ocean) where the waves might be artificial but the scene is real, man
Read MoreShop or Die
Wicks ‘N’ Sticks on a Stick — when shopping malls ruled the world
Read MoreIncognito, Inc. →
Arizona’s Secret, Deadly Role in the Federal Witness Protection Program
Read MoreBeadle Mania
Exploring the life and loves, brawls and buildings of the late, great Phoenix Modernist, Al Beadle
Read MoreThe Dead Fed
Who killed the FBI’s investigation into one of its one? Turns out the only ‘unsolved’ ‘murder’ of an FBI agent in history is all wet
Read MoreMad Men in Midtown
Back when Phoenicians dressed to the nines, drove cars the size of aircraft carriers and everyone who was anyone was clamoring for a bunny-shaped key granting them access to the Playboy Club's private penthouse
Read MoreCardinals Sin
The surprisingly crooked roots of the NFL’s oldest team
Read MoreThe Maître d’ Mob Hit
How the cold-blooded slaying of an elderly waiter came back to haunt the Chicago mob
Read MoreTracking the Tiki Wave
It started with a World War, rode the rip-curl of Hawaiian statehood, and ultimately involved a fair amount of Tiki trickery from the Valley’s original tropical vacation destination, San Diego
Read MoreWho Killed the Electric Streetcar?
Launched in 1887, the Phoenix Street Railways sparked the Valley's first suburban boom before falling off the tracks in a fiery haze of finger pointing
Read MoreA Runway Ran Through It
In its heyday, an all-but-forgotten airstrip in tiny Douglas, Arizona, catered to the likes of Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt as America’s first-ever international airport. It’s now for sale.
Read MoreWho Sank the Love Pirate?
When a prominent businessman was found dead in the Arizona Canal in 1922, his little black book exposed Phoenix high society’s steamiest secrets
Read MoreThe Not so Usual Suspects
Somebody’s great grand parents got away with murder. Who strangled Phoenix’s most infamous playboy?
Read MoreTwice as Ice
A tribute to the Valley's ‘coolest’ lounge, the late, great Ice House Tavern
Read MoreTHE MAN WHO TURNED TEMPE UPSIDE DOWN
A nod to the notable architect behind one of the Valley’s wackiest landmarks
Read MoreSomething Strange is Afoot at This Circle-K
Bill & Ted were onto something
Read MorePhoenix's Forgotten Founder
What if everything we love – and loathe – about the Valley, from posh resorts and fragrant citrus groves to suburban sprawl, is all one man’s doing?
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