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By Brian Davidson, Uncharted Staff Disappointing news from the land of King of the Hammers — Uncharted Explorer Cody Fuquay was unable to participate in the race, due to technical difficulties with his vehicle. Having had the battery die in my… Read more

By Brian Davidson, Uncharted Staff Dogs jump with excitement as they wait for the beginning of the American Dog Derby in Ashton, Idaho. (© 2009 Alan Murray, Uncharted) It’s an event that screams for nicknames. Lydia “Whistlin’ Lyd” Hutchinson you’ll… Read more

By Brian Davidson, Uncharted Staff Sometimes, when I’m driving my Toyota pickup (no brake problems yet) or my Honda Pilot, I imagine what it would be like to tear off the highway and go bouncing through the fields next to… Read more

By Brian Davidson, Uncharted Staff Sometimes the solutions to your problems are as plain as the nose on your face. Problem: You’re a bunch of college buddies working on a fledgling social media and travel website. You’re doing it on… Read more

By Brian Davidson, Uncharted Staff For the longest time, I’ve been intrigued by two islands. The first is Keefer Island, a 600-foot-long blot of lava rock and sagebrush in Idaho’s Snake River, lying within the boundaries of the city of… Read more

By Alan Murray, Uncharted Staff A year ago, if I mentioned Uncharted, you likely would’ve asked me what I was talking about. We were used to blank faces when Uncharted came up in conversation. Most of our friends were surprised to… Read more

By Brian Davidson Uncharted Staff At heart, I suppose, I’ll always be a geek. My best friend in high school lamented, in my presence, that he was a “geek magnet” at Bonneville High. I have a collection of rocks that… Read more

By Alan Murray, Uncharted Staff On a flight home from Ohio I found myself sitting in an aisle seat next to a couple in the middle of an argument. That would be my luck. In an instant, my dreams of… Read more

By Brian Davidson, Uncharted Staff I promise we’re not trying to annoy you. We leave that up to easy listening radio. But seriously, we need to apologize for the, well, it’s not quite a flood of e-mails announcing our most… Read more

By Brian Davison, Uncharted Staff It’s a place with an impressive pedigree. It’s a home to Nobel laureates Theodore Roosevelt, Milton Freedman and Enrico Fermi; admitted spies Whittaker Chambers and Harry Dexter White; the moguls Warren Buffet and David O.… Read more