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Mark The Winter Solstice With Special Program At Aztec Ruins National Monument

Submitted by NPT Staff on December 2, 2012 - 2:05am
The arrival of the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, will be marked at Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico with a special luminaria event involving 2,000 glowing luminaria.

Wish Comes True at Aztec Ruins National Monument After Nearly Ninety Years

Submitted by Jim Burnett on December 25, 2011 - 2:24am
The answers to "What do you want for Christmas?" can include some pretty unusual items, but for the staff at Aztec Ruins National Monument their wish was pretty simple: they just wanted an official entrance sign. It's taken nearly 90 years, but their wish has finally come true, and the new sign is unique indeed.

Aztec Ruins National Monument Schedules Holiday Luminaria

Submitted by NPT Staff on December 10, 2011 - 2:26am
Candles will be flickering December 21 at Aztec Ruins National Monument when the park staff hosts a luminaria display with its Evening of Lights event.

National Park Quiz 43: Names

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 25, 2009 - 4:00am
Take this week’s quiz and find out if you’re up to snuff on national park names. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you say Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau over and over until you can pronounce it correctly.

Aztec Ruins and the River of Lost Souls

Submitted by Jim Burnett on January 24, 2009 - 4:25am
Aztec Ruins and the River of Lost Souls may sound like a title for the next Indiana Jones movie, but these are real places that you can visit—and you won't even need a passport or a hyper-active spirit of adventure. One small disclaimer is in order: The Aztecs had no connection with these impressive remains of a long-departed civilization.