Table of Contents for the Haunted Southwest Series: Haunted Hotel: The Stanley Hotel, Colorado The Vulture Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona Haunted Hotel: The San Carlos, Phoenix, Arizona The Haunted Shores of the Great Salt Lake, Utah Haunted Tombstone, Arizona Haunted Mines: Ghost, Goblins and Tommy Knockers, Southwest Ghost Camels of the Southwest Haunted Dawson Cemetary, New [...]

Table of Contents for the Haunted Southwest Series: Haunted Hotel: The Stanley Hotel, Colorado The Vulture Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona Haunted Hotel: The San Carlos, Phoenix, Arizona The Haunted Shores of the Great Salt Lake, Utah Haunted Tombstone, Arizona Haunted Mines: Ghost, Goblins and Tommy Knockers, Southwest Ghost Camels of the Southwest Haunted Dawson Cemetary, New [...]

Lehman Caves is located in the Snake Range of Great Basin National Park in Utah. Limestone formations drip from the walls in rare and unusual shapes called shields. There are over 300 shield formations in the cave and all the walls are decorated with stalactites, stalagmites, helictites, flowstone, popcorn and other formations. Nearly every surface [...]

Fish Lake is the largest natural mountain lake in Utah and is surrounded by majestic stands of aspens encircling open mountain meadows. The meadows and surrounding terrain are home to over 300 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, and include elk, deer, black bear, cougar, wild turkey, moose and mountain goats. Fish Lake [...]

Utah has a unique history when many memorable moments. It was first explored on behalf of Spain by Franciscan friars Escalante and Dominguez in 1776. In 1824 the famous American frontiersman Jim Bridger discovered the Great Salt Lake. The Mormons arrived in 1847 and became the construction of what is now modern day Salt Lake [...]

Utah Lake is unique in that it is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the West and yet it lies in an arid area that receives less than 15 inches of rainfall each year. In fact, the lake is fed by the Provo River and is one of the best fishing spots in the [...]

From its earliest inhabitants, as far back as 12,000 years ago, to today’s modern humans, Utah draws people from far and wide to its natural beauty and resources. Here are SeeTheSouthwest’s top 10 picks (in no particular order) of things to see and do if you visit Utah. 1. Bryce Canyon National Park Hoodoo! Sound [...]

Tucked into a maze of canyons in some of the most remote country in the continental U.S., is a 46-mile-long canyon famous for white water rafting adventure, as well as some of the most beautiful scenery in the Southwest. Cataract Canyon, located in both Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation area, the canyon [...]

Among the largest salt lakes in the world, with an average of 12% salinity, second only to the Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake in Utah is a unique stopping place in the Southwest. A remnant of the massive ancient Lake Bonneville, a pluvial lake which covered much of western Utah in prehistoric times, the lake [...]

In 1869, 10 men, including expedition leader Major John Wesley Powell, and four boats set out on a 1,000 mile journey through uncharted territory. Three months later, five of the original team members would emerge from the Grand Canyon, much changed by their epic struggles. Five members of the team would never return, lost to [...]