Sanford hides in plain sight as one of North Carolina’s most beautiful small towns. The revitalized downtown district features gorgeous brick buildings with colorful awnings that look straight out of ...

This beautiful route in North Carolina is a Scenic Byway with access to thrilling whitewater rafting and kayaking, as well as camping and other experiences.

This eastern North Carolina city has transformed itself while keeping costs remarkably low. Housing stands out as ...

On this final day of July in 2025, we put forth our Final Postseason Update to the 2024-25 High School on SI National ...

The largest campground in Yosemite National Park — and one of the largest at any national park in the United States — is reopening after being closed for three years for a major upgrade.

Largest campground at Yosemite National Park to reopen after $26 million renovation Tuolumne Meadows Campground, built in the 1930s, had been closed for three years ...

Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park has done it again. The famed fossil-rich ground has provided paleontologists a remarkable finding, this time the discovery of North America's oldest known ...

Autoport, a visionary leader in motorsports real estate and infrastructure development, is building Uwharrie Motorsports Park & Resort, a premier motorsports destination spanning 400 acres in the ...

The National Park Service shared photos of bison in the park in a July 23 post on Instagram. “Is there a mass exodus of animals going on in Yellowstone?” the agency said in the post.

Summer is the height of the visitor season for the National Park Service. Last year, nearly 332 million people visited NPS sites, a record that is likely to be broken this year. That surge in ...

Fierce summer temperatures can make much of Southern Europe difficult for active, nature-loving breaks in summer. But that still leaves a dazzling array of national parks to explore in the Alps ...

A child attacked by a mountain lion at Washington's Olympic National Park is being treated in Seattle. Rangers eliminated the threat after locating the cougar.