by odhwp | May 2, 2020 | Spring 2020, Utah County
Utah County is definitely not the first location that comes to mind when the topic of ghost towns is mentioned. It is, however, a hidden gem of abandoned mines, ghost towns, and other forgotten locations. In addition to these ghost towns, Utah County is also home to...
by mtk96 | Apr 29, 2020 | Arts, Culture, Spring 2020, Utah County
Go to concerts, the movies say. They’re youthful and fun. But you go to BYU and live in Provo. “Where?!” you scream into the void. “I don’t know any venues!” The movies say nothing. They just laugh in your face, cold and unfeeling. Okay, maybe it’s not quite...
by mtk96 | Apr 29, 2020 | Culture, Eats, Spring 2020, Utah County
Utah County may be the only place where, when your friends say, “Let’s get drinks,” they mean sodas. If you’re out on the prowl for places to go, here’s a list of our favorites—plus some snacks and special treats! Drinks Sodalicious Try: Are you feeling...
by mtk96 | Apr 29, 2020 | Features, Spring 2020
A three-story temple painstakingly hand-carved in the side of a red rock cliff. Nature’s fireworks, flashing silently and elegantly across the northern night sky. An underground tunnel connecting two landmasses by railroad. Whether manmade or natural features, there...
by mtk96 | Apr 29, 2020 | Arts, Culture, Spring 2020
Louis Armstrong, perhaps the most famous jazz musician to come from New Orleans, said “If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” Jazz is the human experience. Jazz is change and adaptation, cooperation and battle. Jazz is joy and pain and everything...
by mtk96 | Apr 29, 2020 | Happenings, Spring 2020
Did you know that there are US National Parks verified by the International Dark-Sky Association to be some of the best places (with the clearest, least-polluted skies) to view the stars? The individual parks’ webpages even provide charts outlining estimated cloud...
