A Route 66 mainstay (and in fact known as “The Heart of Historic Route 66”), Kingman is only about 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas and an absolute must-visit on your northern Arizona travels. Named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, the city very much embraces the rails to this …
With its quaint downtown, views of Humphreys Peak and as a gateway to the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff may be the best city in the West. With a population just north of 75,000, Flagstaff is a small city that packs in “small town” charm. It has been a thriving tourism hub since travelers began making their …
A trip to Tucson and Arizona’s southeast region would be incomplete without a visit to Coronado National Memorial, a nature preserve that includes a hike to the U.S.-Mexico border. According to the National Park Service, the memorial commemorates the Coronado Expedition of 1540-1542 and its lasting impacts on the culture of the Southwest and northwestern …
Story and photos by Lisa Maloney One simply does not dispute Valdez’s place in the pantheon of Alaskan adventure cities. Sure, only about 4,000 people live here, and it’s at the literal end of the road. But that drive – about a six-hour drive northeast from Anchorage, or southeast from Fairbanks, to the shores of …
Story and photo by Lisa Maloney The small town of Talkeetna, Alaska is rightly famous – or perhaps more accurately, infamous – for three things in particular. The first is its honorary mayor: A cat named Denali, successor to the honorable Mayor Stubbs (also a cat). Talkeetna is also widely credited as the inspiration for …
Story and photos by Lisa Maloney The more remote the Alaska community, the more conscious people tend to be that our mutual survival depends on facing obstacles together. That might be one of the factors at play in the near-Arctic city of Nome, a surprisingly cosmopolitan community that straddles the line between regional hub (providing …
Story and photo by Lisa Maloney If you walk anywhere in Homer, Alaska, it won’t be long before you receive a smile and a warm “Hi! Where are you visiting from?” It’s not that the entire city’s population acts as de facto ambassadors, although in some senses they do. It’s just that anyone who’s lived …
