Arizona is well known to be a very sunny state which experiences at least 300 sunny days in a year. But did you know that the sunniest city in the world is also located in Arizona? Yuma, Arizona, is the sunniest city on the planet. They have over 4,000 hours of sunlight per year, which …
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The Phoenix Suns is an American professional basketball team headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. They are part of the National Basketball Association’s Pacific Division of the Western Conference. While we are well aware today that the Suns’ mascot is a Gorilla, did you ever wonder how that happened? The Phoenix Suns had no official mascot until …
When we travel, we tend to bring home souvenirs from the places we visit. Now, imagine getting home a historical landmark. Is it even possible? Let’s find out how. Robert McCulloch, an American tycoon, purchased the London Bridge in 1968. He paid $2.46 million for it and brought it to the US brick, by brick. …
The Montezuma Castle in Verde Valley, Arizona is an ancient structure situated within a limestone mountain. It stood five stories high and had about 20 rooms. The castle was believed to be the home of the Aztec emperor Montezuma. Scholars, however, proved that the castle was just named by early caucasian settlers by mistake. The …
Arizona jailbird escapes to meet his girlfriend for Valentine’s Day Arizona suspect Joseph Andrew Dekenipp went from jailbird, to lovebird, and back to jailbird — all in three hours. So much so that he crawled past razor wire, scaled two fences and made his way to a bar about 10 miles away, according to authorities. …
How Elvis Presley Saved the USS Arizona Memorial The battleship USS Arizona sank after being bombed when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. More than one thousand of the ship’s sailors lost their lives with at least 900 of them still rest with the submerged ship. In the 1950s, plans took shape for …
