Hidden Utah
Spelunking in Utah – Exploring the Vast World Beneath – Cavers Take Their Sightseeing Underground
The Beehive State’s underground world, shaped by water, minerals and time, is filled with colorful formations like helictites — hollow twiglike deposits of calcite or aragonite — and the aptly-named…
Hidden Utah
Utah is a massive place. In twelve years of writing Utah Stories, I can still say I’ve only seen a small fraction of this incredible state. Every year if I…
The Last of The Hobos and Utah Phantom Train
the “Last of The Hobos!” They began to tell me about some of their travels and adventures. Somehow, ghosts and folklore came up during our discussion and they told me…
Allen Park in Sugar House is Saved From Development
Allen Park in Sugar House is saved from development after a group of citizens decided to petition to get the city to buy Allen Park.
Saving Sheep Bridge: A Southern Utah Gem is Threatened
s Zion National Park has become an increasingly popular destination for tourists, there has been a great deal of growth in the area. Once pristine river bank and flood plain…
A Blast From the Past: the Explosion that Rocked Salt Lake City
It was April 5th, 1876 when the sky began to fall. “This is a day that time will not forget,” declared a reporter for the Deseret News Weekly. But today,…
Jann Haworth: Salt Lake City Murals
Thousands of people a year pass by a mural to what closely resembles the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover and never know why it’s in downtown…
Your Summer Vacation on Ice in Escalante and Boulder Utah
Utah has so much natural splendor, it’s a shame we feel so strongly that it can only be enjoyed in the spring and summer, the same time the rest of…
All Aboard! Idyllic Worlds Recreated by Utah Model Trains Artist Lee Witten
Model railroading attracts teenagers, 80-year-olds, and everyone in-between, proving that train buffs like Lee are obviously on the right track.
Ty’s Garden Dedication in Memory of Dr. Ty Harrison
“Ty was always our “Lorax” at Westminster” she added. “As Dr. Seuss says, ‘He speaks for the trees.’ This piece of Hidden Hollow that now will bear his name is…
Sculpture Memorializes a Man and His Mission in Sugar House
Jim Kirkman was known as many things to his friends and family in Sugar House: Master Gardener, educator, an encyclopedia of desert knowledge, an archaeologist with a reverence for what…
Southeastern Utah Delicate Arches
The arches of southeastern Utah are monuments to earth’s history; but how fragile are they and how long will they last? Arches, such as Delicate Arch, are delicate to different…
Off the eaten path—seven of the best hidden culinary stops in Utah
There are so many Utah eateries to choose from, but in a state as large as Utah, you sometimes have to put in some serious mileage to find the restaurant…
Liberty Wells Historic District
In 2011, two Salt Lake City neighborhoods officially merged to become the Liberty Wells Historic District, but the story of the area’s development begins in the 1800s.
The Giant Flying Manta-Ray of Provo Utah
About eleven years ago a woman shared an interesting story with me. Late one June night she was walking along University Ave., a little after 10 PM and near 300…
Japantown: Ruined, Remembered or Revived?
Attending the University of Utah in 1953 retired Third District Court Judge Raymond Uno spent much of his free time in downtown Salt Lake City in an area…