Chloride Arizona Description: Chloride is a mining ghost town, but it never completely died, and therefor has the old abandoned buildings and mining equipment,  not having completely died it also has restaurants, gift shops, a silversmith, art gallery’s and more.  At one time chloride had over 72 mines operating.  Many of the old shafts, tunnels [...]

Upper Antelope Canyon – Page Arizona Description: Antelope Canyon is one of the must visit locations for photographers.  Yes it is one of the most photographed canyons in the United States, but there is a good reason for that.  Antelope Canyon is absolutely a gorgeous place for photography.  Antelope Canyon is at once one of [...]

Haw Creek Falls Description: Haw Creek Falls  is located in Haw Creek campground of the Bayou Ranger District of the Ozark National Forest.  The small steam contains the falls which are only a short walk on an access trail suitable for physically disabled visitors.  The falls are only about 5 feet high at the most, [...]

Natural Dam Arkansas Description: Natural Dam is just what the name implies, a natural rock dam, located at the town of Natural Dam Arkansas.  The dam is nearly 200 feet wide and spans the width of Mountain Fork Creek where it runs into Lee Creek  You can easily view the dam without getting out of [...]

  Lost Valley – Eden Falls Description: Lost Valley has a lot to see along the 2-2.5 mile trail along Clark Creek.These include, Eden Falls, Eden Falls cave, Cobb Cave, and the Natural Bridge with a waterfall coming out from under it.  There is even an underground waterfall about 200′ deep into Eden Falls Cave. [...]

High Bank Twin Falls Description: High Bank Twin Falls is a spectacular 70′ high double waterfall located in the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas. Cost: There is no fee for this area. Best Time to Visit: As with most waterfalls in Arkansas, High Bank Twin Falls really only flows with a lot of water after [...]

Cherokee Prairie Description: Cherokee Prairie Natural Area represents one of the largest remaining tracts of tallgrass prairie in the Arkansas River Valley. Located just north of Charleston, this tract is a high-quality prairie representative of the more extensive Cherokee Prairies that once occurred across the western portion of the Arkansas River Valley. The natural area [...]

    Devil’s Den State Park Description: Located in Lee Creek Valley of the Ozark Mountains is Devil’s Den State Park.  With its deep crevices, mysterious caves, and striking bluff overlooks, Devil’s Den State Park is ideal for hiking, backpacking, horseback riding, mountain biking and camping in Arkansas. Several of the park’s backcountry hiking trails [...]

    Sam’s Throne Arkansas Description: Sam’s throne is primaliy known as a premier rock climbing area in the Ozarks. The legend dates back to the 1820s. Buffalo hunter and farmer Sam Davis roamed Arkansas valleys in what is now Newton County, searching for a sister he claimed was kidnapped by Indians. Davis climbed the [...]

     Alum Cove Natural Bridge Description: Outstanding among the many natural features of the Ozark Natural Forest is the huge stone arch that forms a natural bridge at Alum Cove National Recreation Trail. The natural arch is all that remains of what was a quartz sandstone cave. The arch is 130 feet long and [...]

  During October of last year I had a chance to visit Tarpon Springs Florida, home of the historic Sponge Docks.  I was only able to spend a couple of hours there, but is somewhere I would definately like to retrun to with more time to photograph. The Sponge Industry helped build a Greek Community [...]

   Picher Oklahoma Description: Picher was home to mines that supplied bullets for U.S. soldiers fighting in World War I and II.  Its population reached a peak of 16,000 as World War II approached. By 1970 the last mine in the area had closed. On April 24, 2006, Reuters reported that Picher had been scheduled [...]

Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Description: Nestled in gently rolling foothills of the Ozark Mountains, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge is home to wildlife as unique as the bald eagle and as elusive as the bobcat. Fertile bottomlands at the confluence of the Arkansas and Canadian Rivers make this east-central Oklahoma refuge a terrific wildlife viewing destination. [...]

San Antonio Missions National Historic Park Description: The Spanish Missions built along the San Antonio River, are now in metro San Antonio and are preserved as a National Historic Park.  There are 4 missions in the park each at a separate location, so to visit them all you have to travel to 4 different places [...]

Cadillac Ranch Description: Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, U.S. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm, and it consists of what were (when originally installed during 1974) either older running used or [...]

El Malpais National Monument Description: Sandstone Bluffs overlooks millions of years of geologic history, from the 200-million year-old sandstone formed by ancient seas, to the 3000 year-old lava that borders the bluffs. From here, however, you see more than just rocks; you see a land that is part of the cultural history of the many [...]

Cimarron National Grassland Description: Cimarron National Grassland is located in the very southwest corner of Kansas ,primarily in Morton County. The Cimarron National Grassland is the largest parcel of public land in the state of Kansas, comprising over100,000 acres.  The multipurpose land is used for hiking, fishing, hunting, camping and bird watching. The Cimarron river, [...]