In the summer of 1947, during a severe thunderstorm, something happened in Roswell, New Mexico. A UFO supposedly crashed northwest of the town. Just exactly what crashed has been raising controversy every since. The United States military maintains that what was actually recovered was debris from an experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon belonging to a classified [...]

The month of July is the height of the wildflower season in the mountains of Colorado — delicate Columbine, bright purple Lupine, Indian Paintbrush, a wide variety of wild daisies, wild roses, and many more. There is no place better for viewing these beautiful blooms than at the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival in Crested Butte, [...]

Tucked into the Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness in Arizona and Utah, are a series of amazing slot canyons that you have to see to believe. Paria Canyon is the most famous and among the longest and deepest slot canyons in the world. Paria (originally spelled Pareah) is a Ute Indian word meaning “salty” or “muddy water” [...]