Cave tours are high on my list of fun and fascinating adventures. And I’ve taken many of them over the years, from Mammoth Caves and Wind Cave to Kartchner Caverns and Carlsbad Caverns. Wherever I ...

The Chumash people were master seafarers who built plank canoes called tomols to navigate the Santa Barbara Channel and trade with neighboring islands. They developed complex social structures, ...

The 165-foot rope rappel – California’s longest cave rappel – allows adventure seekers to descend from the top of the main chamber directly to the cavern floor. Dangling in the middle of this vast ...

Visitors to the Southwestern United States have a lot to look forward to besides Route 66 nostalgia-driven sights like the abandoned but well-preserved town of Glenrio in New Mexico. Starting from ...

Adrian HeddenAlamogordo [email protected] Carlsbad’s iconic underground rock formations were left inaccessible for the past two weeks as federal agencies shut down with Congress locked in… ...

Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...

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