Plus, stealing rocks from Petrified Forest National Park has led to a string of bad luck for many of those people. Over the ...

A few names have been scrawled into the rock, but those names date to the 19th century. Following the Mexican-American War, ...

The Painted Desert isn’t just another Instagram backdrop. Beyond the tourist spots and familiar viewpoints, this 93,500-acre ...

Every year, national parks receive dozens of rocks and artifacts returned by remorseful visitors. What are parks to do with the stuff? In August 1988, a woman named Tracie typed and mailed a letter to ...

Many visitors cannot resist taking rocks, despite strict regulations and stiff fines against removing any material. To see if the petrified wood was actually disappearing at an alarming rate ...

Petrified Forest is best known for its ancient trees that have crystallized over 225 million years into rainbow colors. The park also features fossils from huge 18-foot crocodile-like creatures known ...