Located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, the Arizona Science Center is a fantastic place for kids and adults to get up close and personal with science and technology. The Center contains four levels of exciting hands-on exhibits, a state-of-the-art planetarium and a five-story high IMAX® theater. It’s a great place to take the family after Christmas [...]

Southwestern holiday traditions are strongly influence by the Hispanic culture since large parts of New Mexico and Arizona belonged to Spain for many years. Those settlers and their descendants retained the traditions of their homeland and pass them on from generation to generation. If you visit the Southwest during the holiday season, you will mostly [...]

Powder Mountain Ski Resort has an unusual beginning, primarily due to its unique founder, Frederick James Cobabe. Orphaned at age 15, he became a sheepherder, taking his pay in sheep to build his own herd. And that was why he began accumulating land around Eden, Utah. Not satisfied with being a rancher, or with his [...]

Denver has literally thousands of things to do and see during the holidays, but here are See The Southwest’s top picks (in no particular order) to help you celebrate the season. 1. Zoo Lights The Denver Zoo goes all out during the holidays with miles of lighted walkways and displays. 2. The Nutcracker Ballet Watch [...]

Known as “the Santa Fe,” the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway came to Santa Fe in 1880 and has remained in nearly continuous operation since then. Today, a part of the line remains as a wonderful piece of history. The Santa Fe Southern Railway is still carrying passengers through high-desert scenery as well as [...]

The ski season starts early and ends late in the Colorado Rockies and there are dozens of ski resorts to choose from. With three unbelievable mountains, tons of outdoor adventures, lodging and dining all in two unique villages, Keystone is one of the best places to experience the thrill of downhill or the peace of [...]

Christmas in the Canyon The Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Center for the Arts sits on an 80 acre parcel of land at the base of Padre Canyon in Ivins, Utah. This outdoor stage has an awesome backdrop of 1,500 foot red rock cliffs that dramatically amplifies the sound of the music and performing arts productions. It’s [...]