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  • Disaster traveling is my specialty

    Disaster traveling is my specialty

    The best vacations are unexpected, unplanned and filled with both adventure and misadventure.

    by Rob Pudim, May 12, 2011
  • Craig Childs walks with desert ghosts on the Navajo Nation

    Craig Childs walks with desert ghosts on the Navajo Nation

    The author tries to walk like a ghost through a wild and haunted landscape.

    by Craig Childs, Feb 21, 2011

  • Destruction and discovery walk hand in hand

    A new plan to steer energy development away from cultural sites in New Mexico could streamline energy development, fund archaeological research and preserve ancient sites all at once

    by Laura Paskus, Nov 27, 2006

  • Nine reasons why a river is good for the soul

    A writer on a river trip through canyon country muses on things like sand, rapids, ruins and time, as well as the joy that comes from being outside in the company of family and friends

    by Paul Miller, Aug 21, 2006

  • Out of the Four Corners

    Susan Ryan, a young archaeologist, has some unusual ideas about why the Anasazi left their homes in the Southwest, 700 years ago

    by Craig Childs, Oct 03, 2005

  • Anasazi outpost dodges the drill

    Hovenweep National Monument in remote southeastern Utah narrowly escapes an attempt to lease nearby land for oil and gas drilling

    by Matt Jenkins, Dec 20, 2004

  • A Utah rancher’s secret was a gift to us

    The writer praises a Utah man for keeping an ancient Native American village safe from vandals for half a century

    by Jim Stiles, Aug 09, 2004

  • Following the Ancient Roads

    On a 10-day walk through the northwestern New Mexico desert, the author follows an ancient road that leads him from silent Indian ruins into noisy, modern gas fields

    by Craig Childs, Jun 21, 2004
 

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