The Painted Desert Inn is a historic building located within the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1975. The Painted Desert Inn became a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The building was originally constructed out of petrified wood in the 1920s […]
Rainbow Forest Museum is a geological museum located in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It also serves as one of the visitor centers for the park. Rainbow Forest Museum’s Blue Mesa Room takes you back in time including paleontological exhibits complete with skeleton displays of prehistoric animals. One of the museum’s main attractions […]
The Blue Mesa Trail is a popular hiking trail located in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The paved and gravel 1-mile loop trail takes you through a landscape of beautiful and vibrant blue, gray, and purple badlands. Along the way, you will also stumble across colorful petrified wood dotting the landscape that […]
The Puerco Pueblo Trail is a mostly paved 0.3 mile loop trail located in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It is the largest known archeological site within the park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1976. Walk among the partially excavated ruins of a 100+ […]
The Crystal Forest Trail is an easy 0.75 mile loop trail perfect for the entire family located in the Petrified National Forest of Arizona. During the hike, you get to travel through a dense collection of petrified wood containing beautiful quartz and amethyst crystals. Throughout the hike, you get panoramic views of the Crystal […]
The Agate House is a small partially reconstructed pueblo that can be found in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. This eight room home is thought to have been occupied by a single family for a short time almost 700 years ago between 1050 and 1300. The ruins of Agate House were excavated […]
While visiting Winslow, Arizona we took a stroll through First Street Park And Gazebo to let the dog stretch his legs. Also known as First Street Pathway Park, it provided enough street parking for us to park our truck and rig here while we explored the town. The park runs parallel to the BNSF […]
While visiting Winslow, Arizona to go and stand on the corner, we discovered another quirky attraction just a block away. While it’s not really the smallest church in the world it is the smallest church on the Mother Road, also known as Route 66. Walking down the street you’ll see a bench with a […]
Most People know the song Take It Easy. It was written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey and made famous when it was recorded by the Eagles. If you’re a big fan of the musical hit you can visit the corner mentioned in the song in Winslow, Arizona. “Well, I’m a-standing on a corner […]
Tombstone, Arizona has a current population of around 1,300 residents and is located in Cochise County. The town was founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin and incorporated as a city in 1881 The Town Too Tough To Die is known for its Wild West history and more famously for the gunfight at the […]
