To some, the story of Christopher Johnson McCandless, the 24-year-old Emory University graduate who starved to death in the Alaskan wilderness in the spring of 1992, will never be anything more than a ...

In January 1998, The Chicks released their major-label debut Wide Open Spaces. This was their first album with Natalie Maines as lead vocalist, and her bright, steely voice alongside the three-part ...

Songwriter Susan Gibson wrote the song "Wide Open Spaces" after moving away for college and trying to express to her mother that she needed room to make her big mistakes. She needed new faces. She ...

The advice was sound. Soon after 9 a.m., cars had already started filling the parking lot at the foot of the mountain. Horse riders in chaps and families with walking sticks were buying their passes ...

The world can feel small, yes, but it can also feel incredibly expansive, as our readers showed off this week for the “wide open spaces” theme. The rules: Send your best photo to ...

The most iconic image in “Wide Open Spaces” is that of Delicate Arch, the instantly recognized rock arch found in northeast Utah. It’s also one of the only pictures that contains people – not by the ...