Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

The Appalachian Trail. For many in this area, it means a trip up to Sunrise Mountain in Stokes State Forest, where on a clear ...

Standing proudly on B Street, Piper’s Opera House represents the sophisticated side of Virginia City’s boomtown days. This isn’t some modest frontier theater—it was one of the most acclaimed ...

Virginia City, Nevada isn’t playing dress-up for tourists—it’s the genuine article, a silver mining boomtown that refuses to fade into the history books. You’ve probably visited places that claim to ...

The fate of a massive coal mine expansion on the doorsteps of Jasper National Park is now in the hands of Alberta’s energy regulator. The company submitted a formal application in April.

The newest award-winning map by Jeff Clark ... and you see the mountains and all the shaded areas, that's called shaded relief. That's created from a thing called a digital elevation model ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In Rocky Mountain National Park, 415 square miles of mountain terrain are protected—but not from effects of climate ...

There are also over 80 historic artifacts, volcanic rocks, a wetland exploration area, and a three-dimensional relief map of the mountain. A new “Junior Volcano Explorer” activity booklet and ...

A growing casual dining restaurant chain inspired by the Rocky Mountains is now planning to take on the Wasatch Front, replacing another national chain near Fashion Place Mall. Lazy Dog Restaurants ...

Snow has been melting at rapid rates throughout the region, including in the Rocky Mountains, and that could mean increased ... reveals record melting at sites in each of those states. This map shows ...