How does ordinary wood turn into petrified wood, which feels like rock? asks a reader. A petrified log may look like an ordinary wooden log, complete with growth rings and bark. But touch it, and ...

Washington is home to one of the world’s most impressive petrified forests, where ancient fossilized trees and rugged desert ...

All Texas county seats have historic roots, but they can’t touch Glen Rose. Its roots reach back 110 million years to the forests that once covered Central Texas. Those trees are seen today in ...

Take the Billings Gap Overlook Trail for what seems like one of the most secret places in Petrified Forest National Park. In ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DOUGLAS COUNTY —The Cherokee Ranch & Castle property in Douglas County is steeped in history. Wedged between Interstate 25 and U.S. 85, south of Daniels Park ...

The new attraction looms over other minerals and gems in the museum’s main hall. The massive trunk stands nine feet tall and weighs four tons. The pre-historic log comes from a rare mineral deposit in ...

A gibbous moon shines over a large petrified log embedded in the sandstone at Blue Mesa in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park. Fred Hirschmann/Science Faction/Corbis The stories accumulate with ...

The Petrified Forest National Park is Arizona's least visited national park. I stopped at the park on a recent road trip across America's Southwest. I discovered colorful fossilized logs, uncovered ...