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    Road Food Surprise

    Aug 24, 2020

    Hitting the highway to escape lockdown nerves? There’s great road grub in unexpected places

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    See/Hear/Do
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    Sunset sounds for a big-sky state of mind

    May 10, 2019

    The perfect tunes (and tales) for your Arizona road trip

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    Bleak Beauty

    Nov 26, 2018

    The desolately gorgeous Salton Sea attracts visitors who enjoy moody solitude, outsider art, and amenities with a side of quirk.

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    Scottsdale’s waterfront canal
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    A Lively Mix

    Jan 29, 2018

    The many sides of Scottsdale — cowboy, hipster, outdoorsy — come together in a downtown filled with food, cocktails, art, and shopping.

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    Lafayette Hotel
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    Skip the Zoo

    Nov 01, 2017

    These lesser-known San Diego neighborhoods might offer just the respite you need.

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    Tecopa
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    Springs to Life

    Aug 28, 2017

    Once a sleepy stopover known for its hot springs, Tecopa is being remade as a creative oasis and culture-rich escape.

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    Mission Accomplished
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    Mission accomplished

    Jul 27, 2017

    Often-overlooked Riverside makes for a getaway full of culture, set amid Mission-style pleasures 

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    Pioneer Saloon
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    Drunk history

    May 01, 2017

    Long after their mining boomtowns went bust, these rural bars still serve brews and burgers — and a hair-raising ghost story or two.

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    Phoenix
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    Don’t nix Phoenix

    Feb 01, 2017

    A resurgent downtown alive with fine art, excellent food and craft cocktails should keep the Southwest’s largest city atop your destination list.

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    Take off

    Sep 30, 2016

    Where in the world is the Desert Companion staff?

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    Cottonwood Cove at Lake Mead
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    You be tripping

    Jul 08, 2016

    These family-friendly road trips offer fun for all ages — not just in the summer, but all year.

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    DC Road Trip 2016
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    Street smarts: What we learned on our Great Big Road Trip

    Apr 04, 2016

    First rule of road trip: Don’t skip that bathroom break, or What We Learned on #DCRoadTrip2016

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    Shoshone Cedars
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    The spirits in the trees

    Mar 28, 2016

    This is the Shoshone Cedars, an area that is sacred to Ely Shoshone and their fellow Great Basin Shoshone, who are known among themselves as Newe.

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    Pride and history: the murals of Ely

    Mar 27, 2016

    Some of the most compelling murals in Ely aren't just visually striking, but they reflect something about the community's history, and the communitiy's aspirations.

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    Jerky review: E.T. Fresh Jerky in Crystal Springs

    Mar 26, 2016

    I had high hopes as I unzipped the golden bag of their “Area 51 Classified Teriyaki Time Travel” beef jerky ... 

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    Mingus Mountain
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    Arizona highways

    Jul 24, 2015

    There’s still time for one more summer adventure — make it a road trip to Prescott, Arizona and beyond

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    Stone age: Arizona's Petrified Forest
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    Planes, trains and jeeps

    Apr 23, 2015

    … and a splash of rafts. Where do you find such an array of adventure options? In your rebranded backyard now known as the Grand Circle.

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    High alert

    Feb 01, 2015

    Heidi Kyser’s December story about the mental and emotional fallout that cops deal with continued to garner interest and comment.

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    Cottage industry

    Oct 01, 2014

    A rehab passion project in Ely grew into a community showcase of the town’s history, artistry and unlikely diversity

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    A hop, skip and a flight

    Oct 01, 2013

    Amid rising travel costs, one unsung airline offers a surprising array of quick, affordable trips from Las Vegas to — well, where do you want to go?

    October is the single best time of year for hitting the highway in the United States, and Las Vegas is a world-class road trip hub. Not only can road warriors drive to a wide array of great destinations, they can multiply their possibilities almost endlessly by catching a flight on Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air.

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    We're not in Utah anymore

    Sep 01, 2013

    With its bars, boutiques and galleries, Springdale is a cozy and cosmopolitan gateway to Zion Nestled below the towering cliffs at the entrance to Zion National Park, Springdale is probably the most cosmopolitan small town in America — but most tourists seem blissfully unaware of that fact. Most of Zion’s 3 million annual visitors see the town as just a place to park to catch the shuttle in to Zion, and Springdale is fine with that.

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    Standin' on the corner in Winslow, Ariz.

    Aug 01, 2013

    Once on the brink of fading away, quaint Winslow, Arizona has made a historic comeback

    With its quiet storefronts and sleepy vibe, the town of Winslow, Arizona may seem like a placid hamlet on Route 66, but don’t be fooled. It’s situated at a crossroads of several exciting historic developments: the advent of modern-day hotels, the explosive popularity of that American ritual of “hitting the road,” and major advancements in aviation.

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    A family affair

    May 01, 2013

    Strap in the brood and load up the car. These family-friendly trips have something for kids of all ages (and your inner kid, too)

    Like dinosaurs had a mosh pit

    Nearly 200 million years ago, dinosaurs trod the earth around the shores of an ancient lake in southern Utah, and, in 2000, the first of thousands of tracks made by these dinosaurs and other animals was discovered.

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    Screen test

    Apr 01, 2013

    A silent film star once fled to a remote Searchlight ranch for a respite from Hollywood. Can the storied Walking Box Ranch become a hub for history and education?

    All these years later, silent film star Clara Bow still doesn’t need words.

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    Where things go bloom: A flowering in Ridgecrest, Calif.

    Mar 01, 2013

    The Ridgecrest Wildflower Festival has blossomed into a must-go event for flower-hunters — but this gathering has a personal backstory

    The “bellyflowers” of the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert three and a half hours from Las Vegas will bring you to your knees. Awe has a lot to do with it.

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