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  • A forbidden road trip: A review of Lamb

    A forbidden road trip: A review of Lamb

    Lamb, Bonnie Nadzam's crisp, startling and psychologically intense debut novel, follows two troubled characters on a quest for redemption in the West.

    by Jenny Shank, Feb 05, 2012

  • A return to the West

    HCN reader Mary Jane Skala regards the buyout that ended her journalism career as a blessing in disguise that gave her the freedom to travel across the West.

    by Ariana Brocious, Dec 06, 2009

  • A season of change

    In Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season, nature writer Bruce Stutz follows spring from New York to Alaska, examining the surprising changes that global warming is bringing

    by Ewen Callaway, May 01, 2006

  • I say: Good riddance to bad billboards

    Wyoming’s billboards are ugly, and probably outdated, too

    by Bill Croke, Jun 13, 2005

  • RV Nation

    On a Western road trip, Evelyn Spence ponders the peculiar names – and increasing numbers – of gigantic RVs.

    by Evelyn Spence, Oct 15, 2007

  • The American Dream, sans gasoline

    The author’s successful search for a car that can run on biodiesel helps her understand the lure of the open road

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 08, 2005

  • The end of something really big

    The chance to see a huge dead whale draws "carcass tourists" to the California coast

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 31, 2005

  • The great American road trip

    In At Speed: Traveling the Long Road Between Two Points, W. Scott Olsen celebrates the world as seen through a windshield

    by Ray Vandersall, Jun 25, 2007

  • The Great Divide

    A writer takes a 1,600-mile Greyhound bus ride from Salt Lake City into Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, and listens to the stories of the Westerners he meets

    by Tim Westby, Jun 27, 2005

  • The Last Ride

    Longtime hitchhiker Dev Carey tells Michelle Nijhuis about some of his best – and worst – adventures on Western highways.

    by Dev Carey and Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 29, 2007
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