It was November 1985, when a passenger enjoying their time on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad caught sight of a disturbing scene that would completely upend their trip: a local business owner laying dead in the back of his truck, murdered. It turned out, that death was only the tip of the iceberg of a much...
It seems counterintuitive, but if you want to see a pretty bad-ass waterfall, head to arid Arizona.
And no, we’re not talking about Havasupai Falls. Lovely as it is, it’s kind of hard to get to, being part of a 20-mile round-trip hike on the Havasupai tribe reservation, where they only give out a few camping permits a...
DGO tends to be a relatively substance-heavy magazine, writing at length about our enjoyment of cannabis and alcohol in particular. But we recognize that drugs, legal or otherwise, are not for everybody. Which is a large part of why we were curious about how people in recovery from substance abuse disorders are faring during...
Content warning: This article includes descriptions of violence and murder.
“Unsolved Mysteries” is one of the greats. It’s a classic true crime and paranormal television show that, for many, inspired a lifetime obsession of the unexplainable....
When 2015 headlines broke that 32 people were arrested for their involvement in a marijuana growing and smuggling operation that stretched from Colorado to Minnesota, initial interest in Operation #GoldenGofer peaked and then quickly died down.
However, for former Westword writer Chris Walker, the story was far from...
When you first watched “Jurassic Park,” were you one of the few people in the audience that was mildly interested in the dinosaurs but super excited by the prospect of digging up fossilized plants and animals?
Side note: In the movie, right before they see the brachiosaurus for the first time, paleobotanist Ellie...
Content warning: This article includes descriptions of murder and suicide.
At about 9:24 a.m. on May 29, 1998, Officer Dale Claxton with the Cortez Police Department radioed the words: “Behind Mack truck reported stolen; south in County Road 27 approximately one-half mile from McElmo Bridge.”
The water tanker...
COVID is cramping our traveling plans. No summer vacation to Tokyo or road trip to New Orleans for the Jazz and Heritage Festival. What a downer 2020 has turned out to be.
This begs the question: How can we travel somewhere cool but still maintain social distancing and not potentially expose hundreds of people or get...
In light of the uproar around the discovery of a treasure chest he hid, Forrest Fenn has provided another clue as to the location of the controversial cache.
The treasure, worth an estimated $2 million, was found in Wyoming, announced Fenn, an 89-year-old Santa Fe author and artifact dealer.
“Because I promised...
The American West is littered with ghost towns — abandoned communities that fell on the wrong side of prosperity. But very few of them fell into ruin because of an attempt to resurrect one of their residents.
Marie Ogden, a wealthy widow from Newark, New Jersey, found comfort in the world of spiritualism after the death...
2020 is already the fever dream we never wanted so why wouldn’t we sprinkle some LSD in there while we’re at it?
At least, researchers believe this is what a lot more Americans have started doing. Why? Escapism, researchers are saying.
“LSD is used primarily to escape. And given that the world’s on fire, people...
On a hillside west of Los Lunas, New Mexico, about 35 miles south of Albuquerque, sits a large boulder bearing a message etched into the stone. This, in and of itself, isn’t unusual; after all, petroglyphs are found throughout the region.
But this stone is different: Its etchings are an inscription ... and they’re in...
