It was a warm afternoon approximately 50,000 years ago in a desolate landscape in what would be later known as Northern Arizona when something monumental occurred. A giant ground sloth looked up into ...

WINSLOW, Az. — Located between Flagstaff and Winslow, you’ll come across the world’s best-preserved meteor crater. Known as the Barringer Crater, it’s the first proven meteor crater on Earth and it ...

One national monument tells the story of the birth of a mountain; another preserves ancient pueblos and a mosaic of Southwestern cultures. Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki national monuments north of ...

The Barringer meteorite crater — known popularly as "Meteor Crater" — near Winslow, Ariz., was formed some 50,000 years ago in the flat-lying sedimentary rocks of the Southern Colorado Plateau in ...

Arizona is best known for its giant hole in the ground, a feature that became the state's license-plate slogan and has etched itself into the hearts of tourists around the world. But Grand Canyon ...

Wow, what a hole in the ground! When that meteor hit, I bet it got the attention of the mammoths, sloths and whatever other prehistoric creatures were around back then. Not exactly a scientific ...

If you're planning to visit the Grand Canyon, you should check out Sunset Crater National Monument as well. Sunset Crater is just 30 minutes north of Flagstaff, Arizona on Highway 89. The crater was ...

The night before my sons and I visited Meteor Crater in Arizona, we camped at a nearby park in the high desert of the Colorado Plateau. After dinner, while the kids played in the tent, I read an ...

WINSLOW, AZ (AZFamily) — An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between ...

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 ...

IF it were due to happen on a specific date -- say, on a moonless Friday night, when the Arizona sky is frosted with stars -- the popular interest might be staggering. People and TV trucks might line ...