A guide to the 20 Best Blue Ridge Parkway hotels, cabin rentals, and B&Bs in NC & VA, spanning the entire length of the BRP.

See the northern lights from mid-August to late April, and be dazzled by the expansive night sky.

A spring hunt for brown bear on Alaska’s Baranof Island is a bucket-list experience, and, on the author’s hunt, included ...

A quick drive from Denver, this Colorado park is the ideal place for kayaking, swimming, hiking, and fishing, and it's even home to a popular campground.

The iconic section of the southwest Oregon’s Rogue River reopened Oct. 2 after heavy rain quelled the Moon Complex wildfire.

These hiking trails are not for the easily spooked. They are places where the past and panic-inducing phenomena play together ...

I think October ranks high in the “everyone’s favorite month” category. Enjoyable temperatures, vibrant colors of nature all around us, Pennsylvania’s delicious harvest and ...

Cris Hernandez and his younger friend, Austin Richland, shouldered their packs at about 10 a.m. on Aug. 21 for what was ...

Boise honors Mary Grunewald McGown by renaming Warm Springs Pollinator Garden in recognition of her environmental advocacy.

Bear River is a small river, twenty-five miles long, threading its way from the foot of Mt. Pierce to the mouth of the river ...

For the truly ambitious, the 16-mile round trip to San Jacinto Peak rewards hikers with views that extend to Catalina Island on clear days – that’s seeing from mountain to ocean in one sweeping glance ...

Markleeville, California stands as that rare Sierra Nevada jewel where your retirement dreams don’t require a tech mogul’s bank account. When most Californians hear “affordable living,” they typically ...