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Tulum was the primary location for the Mayan's extensive trade network with both maritime and land routes converging here. Artifacts found in or near the site confirm contact with Central Mexico and Central America. Archeologists found copper rattles and rings from the Mexican highlands; flint and ceramics from the Yucatán, and jade from Guatemala. Tulum was the hub for international trade and res...

Landing on the island of O'ahu is awesome. As Pearl Harbor comes into view a momentary flash of impending peril prevails, evoking images of Kamikaze pilots descending on a sleeping Navy below. That silent moment gives way to excitement as Diamond Head appears . F ew islanders know these roads by number, they call them by name. A slight detour on the Kahakili (83) takes you to the Valley of the Tem...

Booming Dunes & Lava Tubes from Zzyzx to the Bagdad Café Story & Photos Gary Koz Mraz Singing dunes, volcanic cinder cones, Lava tubes and endless highways are all found at the 1.6 million-acre Mojave Nature Reserve. A visit to its canyons, mountains, and mesas reveals mines, homesteads, and ghost towns long abandoned and newly reborn. Located between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Mojave provides big...

Jerome Arizona was one of richest copper mines ever found and was proclaimed to be "The Wickedest Town in the West."  Built at a 30-degree incline, Jerome is slowly sliding down the mountain and is America's most vertical city.. Many of the buildings are abandoned, and the old jailhouse and graveyard are closed to the public. Jerome is now known for its unique shops, restaurants, and wineries, as...

  It's this 120-mile section of the Coronado National Scenic Byway Trail, of Route 666, (SR 191) that's Arizona's wildest ride.  With over 650 turns and over 5,000 ft. of elevation change this curvy narrow road is filled with steep drop-offs, no guardrails and in some areas, speeds may slow to 10 mph. Appropriately called, The Devils Highway.

Small towns are forgotten, their roads forlorn, disappearing in disrepair. All that remains are faded memories and fanciful folklore. Romanticized by Hollywood, the reality of Route 66 is a harsher reality. The tattered remnants of Route 66 through Bellemont Arizona are a naked reminder of the Oakie's escape from the Dust Bowl.  Bellemont is also home to the Pine Breeze Inn, (Richfield gas station...

Prepping my Harley Street Glide for weeks of rough travel through Canada to Alaska is no simple task. We rode north to the Lone Wolf Harley-Davidson Dealership in Spokane, Washington, where Tala pulled out an American Express Black Card and said to get whatever was needed for the trip. Did the spirits also anoint her with a no-limit credit line? Who am I to ask?! She then booked us for a week in a...

The shape-shifters swiftly converged over Jessica in the hospital lobby. A coalescing mass thickened around her. The entire room was freezing cold. I could see my breath as the interior glass began to frost over. Moving through the apparitions freely, they paid no attention to me whatsoever, I grabbed Jessica's hand.  "What should we do, Jessica?" I urged.

The Shapeshifters are coming and it's a good day to die.

This supernatural thriller underscores the current strife of American Indians who defend their sacred rights against corporate greed and corruption of Big Oil. There are insidious reasons the Indian Nations are kept silent and the government has intentionally fractured tribal communities. Big Oil desecrates sacred Indian burial grounds for drilling and fracking, willing to disturb the dead to get...