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Published October 30, 2011, 12:00 AM

Best of Phoenix

Highlights of a News Tribune's trip aboard the first Duluth-to-Phoenix direct flight


The sun sets over Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. (Andrea Bloom / Arizona Republic)

  • The sun sets over Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. (Andrea Bloom / Arizona Republic)
  • Most of Mystery Castle relies on natural lighting, like this window off the chapel of the 18-room, quirky knick knack-heavy home built from stone, wood and dirt. For a while, owner Mary Lou Gulley allowed couples to get married at the castle. (Christa Lawler / clawler@duluthnews.com)
  • Sunday brunch at Province, located in the Westin Hotel, feels like it should come with a celebrity sighting. Instead, the silver-dollar pancakes come with vanilla whipped butter, which is just as good. (Christa Lawler / clawler@duluthnews.com)
  • Janet Echelman?s public art piece, ?Her Secret is Patience,? hangs over Civic Space in downtown Phoenix. By day it casts artful shadows on the pavement below; by night it glows with color. (Richard Nilsen / The Arizona Republic)
  • You might encounter a bit of a wait outside of Matt’s Big Breakfast, near Arizona State University’s downtown campus. But it’s worth it for these grass-fed, locally grown, extra-large entrees. (Arizona Republic)
  • Mystery Castle, located in the foot of the South Mountains in Phoenix, was built by Boyce Gulley using found and recycled materials. His daughter, Mary Lou, lived there until her death a year ago. (Crystal Ochoa / The Arizona<br /><br />Republic)