It’s the fifth largest air force in the world, but few of the planes here will fly. Even if they could, it may be years before they head back into the air. So why are so many planes sitting here unused?

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If you were looking for some used parts to repair your car, you might go to a scrapyard to find what you need. So what do you do if you have a military fighter jet that needs a spare piece of equipment? You go here…..

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Phoenix, Arizona has plenty of golf resorts that attract thousands of visitors, but ask someone who established the first course in the state and they’ll be hard pressed to tell you it was actually a Midwestern veterinarian who had more grazing land than he could manage…..

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It’s not often you get to visit with someone who’s won multiple national titles in anything.  Now add in the fact, she’s only 18 years old.  We visit with a young lady who drew inspiration from the crime fighting cartoons of her days in kindergarten…..

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Many of us remember the struggle of learning to ride a bike as a kid.  Eventually we mastered it, and perhaps we’re still riding today.  Jed didn’t have the luxury of learning on a bike with two wheels though.  What happened next put him on the side of a mountain is a new sport with only half a bike……

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What’s the hottest ticket in the nation?  There might be some music stars and sporting events near the top of the list, but a tour of a lettuce field may be one of the toughest to get…..

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This county enjoys the longest growing season in the country and it supplies most of the winter vegetables you’ll find on your plate……

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George Strait once sang that he had some oceanfront property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw the Golden Gate in free. This Arizona town isn’t exactly on the ocean, but much of its existence depended on it…..

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Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies. In some cases, those ferry operators were able to build thriving businesses. Two such men lived in the middle of a vast desert…..

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Yuma, Arizona is in the Sonora dessert. The annual average rainfall is about three inches per year. So it is a bit ironic that it is a river here that made the outpost a city and made those who stayed some of the wealthiest in the pioneering southwest…..

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Imagine a place of espionage where secret agents carry modified briefcases with hidden cameras capturing images from their reconnaissance missions. Where does such a scene take place? Perhaps much closer to home than you may think…

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Most people don’t go pheasant hunting in Phoenix, AZ. But if you to come to Molly’s farm, you will perhaps see more pheasants than you’ve seen in your entire lifetime…..

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Today skyscrapers in Phoenix tower above the city below. Roll back the clock six hundred years and it was this building that towered above the desert floor. The structure remains, but it’s use is still a mystery…

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It’s just a small town of about 500 people. You’ve driven through bunches of them. But you probably have not driven through this town of a half thousand unless you were specifically headed there. That’s because you must drive 26 miles of dirt roads just reach the remote location…

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The city of Buckeye, Arizona was a small farming community for much of its life. That’s not so today. The landscape is changing and two young people involved in agriculture see the chance to till the land quickly moving ahead of the sprawling city…

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On the north edge of Florence, AZ you’ll find a small outcropping once known as Primrose Hill. Today there is a small pyramid of stones on top of the butte, the resting place of the man who helped make this a state; a man who actually hoped there would be a much larger temple built here…

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If you have trouble finding the Lucky Nickel Ranch, just look up. Wherever you see the skydivers floating to the ground could easily be the spot where you can find his produce.

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Some people might say you can’t make a living on a forty acre farm. Michael McKenzie is out to prove people wrong. His combination of high quality agriculture and perfected public relations skills have people driving to his farm to buy their produce each week.

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California produce growers rely heavily on hand labor to tend their crops. For Michael McKenzie, that labor has come from a unique source…

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Arizona did not become a state until 1912, so for several decades of it’s existence, it had a territorial prison to handle the work of that a state penitentiary would carry out it a full fledged state. The same town that housed the prisoners in the territorial days, still fulfills the mission today…

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