112 Things I Love About Arizona
1. Esso Coffeehouse
2. Clarkdale’s Train Station
3. The Grapevine’s Sunday Afternoon Karaoke
4. Hula’s Modern Tiki Lounge
5. Two Guns
6. Drawn to Comics
7. Bookman’s
8. The Shady Dell
9. Cab Comics
10. Ash Avenue Comics
11. Serafina Coffee Roasters
12. Peregrine Bookstore
13. Common Grounds Coffee House
14. Ashley Naftule’s Chalk Art
15. The Storyline Slam
16. Sparky’s Origin
17. Vinyl Station
18. The Thing
19. Joyride’s Bandit Taco Platter
20. Samurai Comics
21. Brass Armadillo
22. Cory McClosky
23. Reckless Summer
24. Janey’s Coffee Company & Bodega
25. St. Michael’s Hotel Elevator
26. Muffler Men Statues
27. Linda Ronstadt
28. Holbrook Dinosaurs
29. Space Age Restaurant
30. Anthem’s Christmas Tree
31. Wigwam Motel
32. George Herbert Johnson at the Arizona State Fair
33. Driving the 89A
34. Wild Iris Coffee House
35. Goodwill
36. Antiquing in Bisbee
37. Poetry by Bill Campana
38. little somethings press
39. Cheese ‘N Stuff
40. Twin Arrows
41. Hub Kapp & The Wheels
42. The Ruins of Santa Claus
43. Liberty Market’s Vietnamese Coffee
44. First Fridays on Grand Ave.
45. A Night of Misfit Films
46. The Suns Gorilla
47. The World’s First Drive-Thru
48. Downtown Bisbee
49. Whiskey Row
50. Bosa’s Honeydew Smoothie
51. Quartzsite’s Camels
52. Governor Hunt’s Pyramid Tomb
53. The Longest Stretch of the Original Route 66
54. Stand-Up Live
55. Antiquing in Pinetop
56. Strawberry School House
57. The Travis Walton Story
58. The Copper Penny
59. The Glendale Library
60. Gold Bar Espresso
61. The Vig
62. Screaming Banshee Pizza
63. The US Bank Building
64. The Wickenburg McDonald’s
65. The Jail Tree
66. Wizard Rock
67. Smokey Bear Statues
68. The Grotto Café
69. Zia’s Records
70. Jerome
71. Bisbee Coffee Company
72. Fox 10 News Team’s Christmas Commercials
73. The UFO Cover-up at Dreamy Draw
74. Monsoon Season
75. John Carter’s Cave
76. Comic Books in the Desert on Facebook
77. The Camp Verde Kokopelli
78. The Corner in Winslow
79. Merchant Square
80. The Reading Robot
81. Family Fun World Baskets
82. Antiquing in Prescott
83. Bruce St. James
84. Fantasy Comics
85. 5 ‘N Diner
86. Tucson’s Neon Sign Project
87. Filiberto’s Carne Fries
88. Jack Rabbit Trading Post
89. Macy’s European Coffeehouse & Bakery
90. Glendale Glitters
91. Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen
92. Bermashave Signs
93. “Steve Rogers”
94. The Cardinals’ Big Red
95. Wasted Ink Zine Distro
96. The Copper Courier
97. Bisbee’s Iron Man
98. Poetry by Shawnte Orion
99. The Monkees’ Concert Taping at the Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum in 1967
100. Bil Keane Giddy-Up Statue
101. S.WA.S.W.A.
102. Creekside Lodge
103. Riding Scooters in Downtown Phoenix
104. Date Shakes from Dateland
105. LP Espresso
106. Ollie the Trolley
107. Delgadillo’s Snow Cap Drive-in
108. Phoenix Art Museum
109. Our State Flag
110. Gilbert HD South
111. Antiquing in Yarnell
112. Winona
Header photo: The Wigwam Motel on Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona, where one can indeed “spend the night in a wigwam.” The brainchild of Frank Redford, this is one of what wer originally seven Wigwam Motels nationwide. The wigwams have a steel frame covered with wood, felt and canvas under a cement stucco exterior. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
