There’s beautiful trails and a storybook lake at the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park near Escalante, along with plenty of campsites and a luxurious bathroom facility — the floor is heated and ...

They’re known as conscience letters — notes sent to the rangers at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, by visitors returning pilfered rocks. “I am writing this letter in hopes of easing my ...

It must be nice for the politicians, billionaires, celebrities, academics and media elites who live in bubbles of privilege, luxury and protection floating aimlessly above working class, poor and ...

HOLBROOK , Ariz. – The first letter turned up at Petrified Forest National Monument in 1935 all the way from Budaun, India. It was addressed to "The Officer in Charge." " Dear Sir," it began, the ...

For visitors who are interested in seeing an ancient landscape, it’s worth the 3-hour drive from Grand Canyon National Park to visit Petrified Forest National Park. Home to fossils older than 200 ...

2007-07-08 04:00:00 PDT Yakima , Wash.-- Clyde Friend's life changed the moment his bulldozer hit the first tree on a hot summer afternoon in 2002 as he leveled a hill behind his workshop. Chips flew ...

IS SET TO OPEN NEXT SPRING. AND SEMINOLE COUNTY, A POPULAR LOCAL HAUNT, IS FADING INTO THE GHOSTLY MIST THIS WEEKEND. I TRIED J. THAT WAS AWESOME. A PETRIFIED FOREST IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS WILL SHUT THE ...

PHOENIX — Fossils from the Petrified Forest National Park, in northern Arizona, revealed a new reptile species that thrived during the Triassic Period. Paleontologists and partners with the ...

A unique 500-acre property is hitting the market in eastern Sonoma County, close to Calistoga. The parcel in question is on Petrified Forest Road. Which makes sense, because it’s the Petrified Forest.

The new attraction looms over other minerals and gems in the museum’s main hall. The massive trunk stands nine feet tall and weighs four tons. The pre-historic log comes from a rare mineral deposit in ...