Before the nighttime crust had evaporated from my still sleepy eyes, we boarded I-10 heading north on a day trip that would require both swimming suits and sweaters. We had heard that to the north in ...

Key Highlight: Bell Rock is a popular first stop for visitors, as the landscape is likely to take your breath away. Upon your arrival into Sedona via State Route 179, you'll be greeted by the iconic ...

Vortex. Swirling centers of energy conducive to healing, meditation and self-exploration. For the one-year anniversary of my ...

The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona is listed as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Colorado River, running through it for approximately six million years, has established ...

SEDONA, Ariz. – I suppose I shouldn’t have taken the parking attendant’s advice so literally. “You’ll know it when you feel it,” he had told me when I asked where I’d find the vortex. I had traveled ...

Everything in Sedona revolves around the views. Galleries line the streets, filled with the work of artists trying to capture the singular beauty of the landscape. Jeeps in rainbow hues rumble over ...

On a clear spring day, my mother and I hiked an unmarked spur trail to Subway Cave, in Boynton Canyon, near Sedona, Arizona. As we scrambled up a cliff to the cave’s opening, we heard a little boy ask ...

Something hijacked my imagination when I was planning our recent trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon. Vortexes. Vortexes draw New Age practioners like moths seeking the light. These areas scattered ...

Western Bureau Chief for Courthouse News Service since 2014. San Francisco Federal Reporter and Northern California Bureau Chief from 2006 to 2014. Passionate about photography, camping and history.

The Associated Press In this 2018 photo a visitor walks the Airport Mesa Loop Trail in Sedona, Ariz. The sleepy Arizona town of Sedona has long been a refuge for hikers, romantics and soul searchers.