In southeast Utah, huddled high up on the Colorado Plateau, there’s an elevated swath of land known as Cedar Mesa. This high desert is rife with cliffs and canyons, and contains a concentration of ancient Native American sites—the cliff dwellings of the Ancient Puebloans, the Anasazi. Cedar Mesa recently made headlines as one of two [...]

The warm waters and sandy beaches of Yuba State Park are what draw people from all over the West to visit. With great hiking, fantastic off-road ATV trails, biking, fishing and camping and boat-in camping, this park is very popular with outdoor enthusiasts and water recreationists. Two boat ramps, one at Yuba State Park and [...]

Rainbow Bridge National Monument in the Southwest U.S. is unquestionably one of the sites you should see while visiting. An extraordinary natural wonder sitting astride Bridge Canyon on Utah’s southern border, this portal is a gateway to a maze of canyons to the north.
This great arc of sandstone is the world’s largest natural bridge — [...]

Sundance Ski Resort, nestled at the base of Mt. Timpanogos in the Wasach Mountains of Utah, was created by actor/entrepreneur Robert Redford. The view from the summit of neighboring Uinta Peaks rivals the view from any resort in the West. With 450 acres of ski terrain, it is rather small compared to many ski resorts, [...]

According to many, the West was won by the miners and the railroad men. The Western Mining and Railroad Museum tells the history of the railroad, of mining in the West and of the lifestyles of the multiethnic immigrants who came into the area between 1880 and about 1936 to work the rails and the [...]

Ogden’s Christmas Village allows you to explore a dazzling wonderland of lights in the Christmas Village located in downtown Ogden, Utah. The village began in 1961 and has become one of Utah’s largest holiday celebrations. Each year, the Christmas Village grows in size until it is now a mammoth winter fantasy land with more than [...]

The Heber Valley Railroad in Winter is a great to explore a winter wonderland. During the winter months, you have five great excursions to choose from including The Lakeside Limited, Soldier Hollow Express, The Polar Express, Jingle Bells and Whistles and the Tube ‘N Train.
Heber Valley Railroad – Lakeside Limited
This is a spectacular scenic excursion [...]

Kodachrome Basin State Park is a fantasy world of massive sandstone chimneys that change color depending on the mood of the day and the natural light, from gray and white to shades of red. The quiet beauty of the area makes it a popular location to see if you are traveling in the Southwest U.S. [...]

In 2002, the XIX Winter Olympic Games took place in Salt Lake City at numerous venues less than 60 minutes drive from the heart of downtown. Happily, most of these venues are open to the public and offer some of the finest skiing and winter sports opportunities in the world. If winter sports are your [...]

At any time of year, listening to a concert by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is a special event, but nothing is more spectacular than the Christmas concerts held each year. The sounds of the season as sung by some of the most professional voices in the world is one of the most moving events you [...]