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Nampaweap Petroglyphs

Nampaweap Petroglyphs

Tucked away in the juniper-dotted canyons of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northwestern Arizona next to Mount Trumbull lies one of the region's most extensive collections of rock art - the Nampaweap Petroglyphs. Scattered across dark basalt boulders are thousands of petroglyphs - not the handful you

Paiute Cave Pictographs

Paiute Cave Pictographs

A set of Virgin Anasazi pictographs is inside a collapsed lava tube in the Arizona Strip. They believed that caves were the entrance to the spirit world. This is a sacred place. The pictographs are protected from the elements by the cave ceiling, and as such, they are particularly vibrant.

Grand Wash Cliffs Colony

Grand Wash Cliffs Colony

I met up with legendary explorer Roger Mitchell to explore the Grand Wash Cliffs of Arizona. It was a surprise to both of us when we found an abandoned group of cabins tucked back in the woods. The cabins appear to have been built and then abandoned in the 1970s

Big Eye Mine

Big Eye Mine

Winter is a great time to be in the southern deserts of Arizona, and this time, we had our sights set on the Big Eye Mine down at the south end of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and the Castle Dome Mountains. History

Law’s Spring

Law’s Spring

One summer a few years ago, we explored the Ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona. One of the spots we visited was Law’s Spring. It was an old campsite along the historic Beale Wagon Road. History The Beale Road was born from a need to travel over the newly

Lava River Cave

Lava River Cave

Formed in the Pleistocene, roughly 675,000 years ago, this 0.75-mile-long lava tube is remarkable for its length and tall ceilings; at some points, the roof is more than 30 feet above your head. That is a bit unusual in my experience.

Clamshell Petroglyphs

Clamshell Petroglyphs