El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, or the Royal Road of the Interior, was the most important trading route in the American Southwest for more than 300 years. Don Juan de Onate, the last Spanish conquistador, blazed the road in ...

Durango Colorado

Those who journey to Durango, Colorado today most likely want to spend their time skiing or hiking, but the area has a rich history to explore as well. Shortly after the railways founded the city in 1880 Durango received its ...

Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland opened along with the other original parks of Disneyland on July 17, 1955. Walt Disney built the park to showcase the technological advancements of the decade and designed it to project what scientists expected the year 1986 to be ...

Tovrea Castle

The Tovrea Castle earned its name from the property’s second owner, Della Tovrea, who made the castle her home from the 1930s until the late 1960s. However, the castle’s construction began shortly beforehand when Alessio Carraro, a successful Italian immigrant ...

Tusayan Ruins

The Tusayan Ruin site, located in the Grand Canyon, once served as the village of the Ansazi people. The tribe settled in the Grand Canyon during 1185BCE. Before the Anasazi, various types of nomadic Indians lived in the area and ...

Wente Vineyards

Located just east of San Francisco, and nestled in the picturesque Livermore Valley, Wente Vineyards continues a long tradition of impressive wine production. Wente Vineyards, is the oldest family owned winery in the United States, and credited for much of ...

White Rock, NM

Originally built in 1947 to house construction workers for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, the community of White Rock, New Mexico became a suburban community for those who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Lying south of Los Alamos, ...

Desert Center

When Stephen and Lydia Ragsdale broke down in the desert on their way to Los Angeles, a prospector named Peter Gruendyke rescued them by providing a phone and shelter while they waited for the service truck. Peter lived alongside the ...

Wrigley Mansion

Built by William Wrigley, Jr., the founder of Wrigley Chewing Gum and former owner of the Chicago Cubs, the Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, Arizona first served as the family’s winter vacation home.

A savvy businessman, Wrigley invested $1.7 million in ...

Universal Studios

From bringing Frankenstein’s monster to life, to creating genetically engineered dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, Universal Studios brings the depths of the imagination to life.

In 1909, Carl Laemmle founded the International Motion Picture Company, and by 1912, the Universal Film ...