{openx:1}Rock the Block at the Fiesta Bowl Block Party! Kick off the New Year with a rocking celebration in Tempe, Arizona — the Fiesta Bowl Block Party! Named one of the top ten places in the nation to ring in the New Year by USA Today, the Fiesta Bowl Block Party will welcome more than [...]
{openx:2}Celebrate the season with a musical whodunit! Visit the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse for a unique way to celebrate New Year’s Eve with a musical whodunit where you play along! You will help decide whodunit, with what weapon, and in what room. Clue: The Musical, based on the popular board game, is a rousing musical extravaganza [...]
{openx:8}If you are looking for the perfect Christmas tree, look no farther than the Christmas Trees of the Southwest on the nearest mountain slope in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona. Dressed in mantles of white during the winter months, the majestic blue spruce march down mountainsides and soar from valley floors, creating the perfect [...]
{openx:8}Another Arizona Lost Gold legend, is the legend of Sanders Lost Gold. In Gila County, the Salt River, before it dumps into Roosevelt Lake passes through the wild country of the Sierra Ancha Wilderness. The Tonto Apaches who inhabited the country were not as hostile as their brethern to the north and south but they [...]
Just west of Pikes Peak is a beautiful valley — a valley in which one of the richest fossil deposits in the world can be found, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Over 50,000 specimens have been discovered, representing 1,700 species of animals and plants, including 14 foot wide petrified redwood stumps. In fact, the world’s [...]
Named for the Native American rock art (petroglyphs) that dot the park, Petroglyph National Monument is a rugged reminder of the ancient lava flows and volcanic activity that once rocked the land. The cooled lava makes a wonderful canvas for early dwellers to leave their mark — from birds and snakes to star and spirals [...]
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 [...]
Pecos National Historic Park encompasses 12,000 years of history, from the ancient pueblo of Pecos, to Colonial Missions, Civil War Battles, the Santa Fe Trail sites, and the ranching history of Forked Lightning Ranch. Pecos National Historic Park was a home and place of trade for the Native American people, where the Pueblo people of [...]
{openx:1}Glendale Glitters is an annual holiday festival held on Friday and Saturday nights at Murphy Park and the Glendale Visitors Center in Historic Downtown Glendale, Arizona. With more than 1.5 million multi-colored lights that cover 12 historic blocks of downtown Glendale, this is a holiday spectacular you won’t want to miss. More than 50,000 people [...]
{openx:2}Long before European settlers came to the area, Crested Butte was a stopping place for the Ute Indians. These seasonal travelers followed game into the area during the summers and sought more sheltered areas during the cold winter months. The next people to explore the region were rugged mountain men, trapping beaver and selling the [...]
