WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. – Before an expanse of grassland and pueblo ruins in northern Arizona was declared a national monument, it was home to hundreds of Navajos whose ancestors returned to ...

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On first visit, Wupatki National Monument opens as a huge vault of sky and silence. Long red mesas, slopes of black cinders, oceans of platinum grasslands, the pastel tapestry of the Painted Desert, ...

Wupatki National Monument is proud to welcome Sarah Crowley, an accomplished Alaskan artist and creator of Raining Joy Arts, as its Artist-in-Residence from January 24 to February 8. During her ...

Flagstaff's national monuments would open late on Monday, Jan. 8, because of a winter storm that dumped snow in northern Arizona, the National Park Service said. Sunset Crater Volcano National ...

Near Red Rock State Park, one of Arizona's most underrated state parks, lingering traces of ancient civilizations are carved into the fiery landscape. About an hour-and-a-half drive north of the park ...

Stone pueblos, perched on the high Colorado Plateau of Northern Arizona, were occupied by ancient Indian peoples about 800 years ago. The site, preserved as Wupatki National Monument, sits in a scenic ...