Jul 1st, 2012 at 10:00AM: You know how when you're driving out in the middle of nowhere, and you see those signs warning you not to pick up hitchhikers because you're passing a correctional facility?
Because, you know, it totally makes sense to locate prisons in isolated areas. Because, for most towns, being home to a prison isn't usually a tourism selling point – especially if they're already touted as a tourist ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Canon City, Colorado: Prisons and Paddling
Jul 1st, 2012 at 10:00AM: You know how when you're driving out in the middle of nowhere, and you see those signs warning you not to pick up hitchhikers because you're passing a correctional facility?
Because, you know, it totally makes sense to locate prisons in isolated areas. Because, for most towns, being home to a prison isn't usually a tourism selling point – especially if they're already touted as a tourist ...A timelapse journey through the American Southwest
Feb 21st, 2012 at 3:00PM:
While I don't think anybody would dispute that the American Southwest is beautiful, this timelapse video by Henry Jun Wah Lee of Evosia Studios takes the region to a whole new level of breathtaking. Without using words or special effects, the Los Angeles-based filmmaker brings the landscape to life with dancing fog, vibrant sunrises, detailed rock formations, and curvacious craters that ...
Video: An ultra high resolution look at the American Southwest
Dec 7th, 2011 at 3:00PM: Time lapse photographer and filmmaker Tom Lowe has been working on his new and innovative creation for over two years now. The video is actually a clip of his soon-to-debut film, TimeScapes, which showcases the beauty of the American Southwest using Canon RAW and Epic Red still cameras. Because the movie was filmed and edited at 4K resolution, which is four times greater than regular high ...
A Grand Tour of the American West
Sep 14th, 2011 at 10:00AM:
I could see the end of my road trip, on the other side of the deserts of the American Southwest, the sun-parched stretch of near nothingness that conceals some of the country's greatest natural wonders. So after leaving Spaceport America in New Mexico, I prepared for a ironman push to the West Coast, my ultimate destination Los Angeles. Along the way, I'd stop at the Four Corners and the ...New Mexico Tourism launches Billy the Kid-themed scavenger hunt featuring $10,000 reward
Jul 29th, 2011 at 2:30PM: The Land of Enchantment just became the Land of Advancement. "Catch the Kid," a new summer travel promotion launched by New Mexico Tourism Department, has turned the entire state into a "real life video game," with the prize being $10,000 in cold, hard cash. "The Kid" in question is one William H. Bonney, aka "Billy the Kid." Participants (it's geared toward families) try to track down this most ...Desert Solitaire: 3 Serene, Small-town Escapes into the American Southwest
Feb 3rd, 2011 at 10:30PM: If your image of the American Southwest is still dominated by visions of tumbleweed blowing through ghost towns, Old West saloons, and prickly cactus, it may come as a surprise to learn that this vast region has undergone dramatic growth in recent years, with many cities experiencing a decades-long housing boom and relentless suburban sprawl that only the Great Recession could put the brakes on. A ..."No Reservations" season 4, episode 15: American Southwest
Aug 6th, 2008 at 9:00AM: Location: After four weeks of glamorous international travel, Tony returns "to his roots" with an adventure in the American Southwest, road-tripping it across the arid desert stretching from Southern California through Arizona to New Mexico and on to a final stop in Texas. Episode Rating: One-and-a-half bloody meat cleavers out of five. Given that this summer has seen one of the more memorable ...
