Population 524, and once a great city overlooking a canyon, parts of the city long ago fell into the canyon. The city is bisected by the canyon, and the only way to cross is over the rails. Grand Canyon River and the Great Salt Lake The Grand Canyon river once dug out a mighty can...
The Republican Party held its Convention in Salt Lake City in Utah, the only state in which a majority of the population adhered to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons. That was no coincidence given that Romney was the first M...
Maintaining the deteriorating and somewhat underused infrastructure has become a burden for the city. As the trend of urban sprawl reversed in recent two decades, land in downtown Toronto, especially along the waterfront of Lake Ontario, has become precious asset for the city. Since 1960’s, ...
During the summer of 2019, Salt Lake City and other parts of the state experienced stifling heat after a high of 103 degrees was recorded in July. Vermont Canva Vermont - All-time highest temperature: 107° F (Vernon on July 7, 1912) - All-time lowest temperature: -50° F (Bloomfield...
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There were enough supplies and shelter at Svenskehuset for as long as needed. Seventeen men dragged the lifeboats across the ice until they found open water and then rowed south into Isfjorden – about 220 miles of rowing in open ocean. They landed and opened the house. In the spring, ...
John was home to the Taino people, colonial Europeans, and enslaved Africans. Today the park offers stunning beaches, hikes to what were once plantations when sugar monopolized the economy, a bird-viewing deck overlooking a salt pond, and petroglyphs carved by the pre-Columbus Taino. You may ...
The decision was made while we were still in Salt Lake City. We’ve come this far, we reasoned, what’s another 600 or 700 km? We visited the South Rim of theGrand Canyonthree years ago, now we’ll visit the north side. The North Rim closes down on October 15Continue reading→ ...
One of the things that had always surprised us about Park City was that it wasn’t priced like a ski town. Even after the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, the expected housing market bump never materialized, in fact we were surprised to see her condo depreciate in value. Convinced...
Turning the corner of Grune Point we were looking over a vast area of salt marsh and mud flats, wriggling with channels. The cheese scones and coffee had worn off and we found shelter near an old pill box and cupped our hands around mugs of hot chocolate from our flask, another winter ...