Preparing a Chautauqua performance involves many hours of research—developing themes, stories and timing before rehearsing the character. The true test of the preparation comes when the ...

"I always considered the “feeling” of places to be some hippy crap…until I went to Machu Picchu. It blew me away and I still ...

For example, Yosemite's gorgeous Olmstead Trail may be the park's most underrated hike, while the overlooked Hetch Hetchy area is a "mini Yosemite Valley" that only around 1% of visitors ever get to ...

Stargazing is a peaceful and rewarding activity that's worth adding to your bucket list. Here are the best places to stargaze ...

In celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act, all National Park Service entrance fees will be ...

Running trips—from Utah's desert to Patagonia's peaks—offer the most thrilling (and humbling) adventures this writer's ever experienced.

The National Park Service is waving the entry fee to national parks to celebrate the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act that passed back in 2020.Th ...

After Lin's death, Tuolumne Grove—the area where she and her group had been hiking—was closed to the public for nearly a week ...

From dramatic canyons to the glaciers of the Pacific West, here are the best national parks in the U.S. in 2025.

Many summer visitors to America's national parks hope for a glimpse of a moose or a bighorn sheep — or perhaps to spot a wolf ...

Back in August 2015, two high school students were asleep in a tent in the Upper Pines Campground when an oak limb fell, ...