In the hills outside the small village of Sexi, Peru, a fossil forest holds secrets about South America’s past millions of years ago. When we first visited these petrified trees more than 20 years ago ...

See petrified redwood stumps, ancient dinosaur bones, archaeological sites and more at these lesser-known parks.

Valley of Fire State Park near Las Vegas, Nevada, is a bucket-list destination for nearly 250,000 visitors each year. It is a ...

Imagine walking through a forest where the trees are not made of wood but stone—ancient, fossilized remnants of a world that existed millions of years ago. These petrified logs, once towering trees, ...

“Onyx Bridge is a dramatic example of petrified wood” found in a layer of rock that dates back 210 million years, the National Park Service reports. National Park Service photo One of the world’s most ...

Experts have made an “extraordinary” discovery of a tree which is still intact after being petrified by a volcanic eruption 20 million years ago in Lesbos, Greece. Lesbos’ Petrified Forest was formed ...

In the hills outside the small village of Sexi, Peru, a fossil forest holds secrets about South America’s past millions of years ago. When we first visited these petrified trees more than 20 years ago ...

A unique 500-acre property is hitting the market in eastern Sonoma County, close to Calistoga. The parcel in question is on Petrified Forest Road. Which makes sense, because it’s the Petrified Forest.

One of the world’s most “dramatic” examples of a petrified Triassic-era tree has lost “its battle against gravity” and collapsed, according to the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Known as ...