One of my favorite things about hiking is discovering places that defy my assumptions. From alpine slopes where conifers blaze with fall hues to a waterfall thundering into a jaw-dropping canyon, ...

In early May 1953, George Martin Burhans sat down at his typewriter to write The Tri-State Caver — the first newsletter of the Hagerstown Grotto, a local chapter of the National Speleological Society.

A bit sizzly up there on the surface, is it? Why not hang out down here, underground, with us supremely cool apes? The year-round temperature inside Ape Cave, a lava tube on the southern approach to ...

I first visited Washington’s Big Four Ice Caves when my oldest was a toddler and my youngest was still in a baby carrier. We went back last summer with two teenagers, and honestly? It was way more fun ...

Rocks along the shoreline at Lake Lenore, with steep cliffs across the water - Gregory Johnston/Shutterstock One of the best things to do at Lake Lenore is fishing. The only fish that can live in the ...

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — What looks like a quiet, snow-covered forest near Trout Lake holds a surprising secret just beneath the surface. Instead of a dirt trail, the journey begins with a trek deeper ...