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Hiking

Monkey Fingers in Dades Gorge

Tamellalt, Morocco

Monkey Fingers

Within the Dadès Gorge, amazing vistas and towering cliff faces can be seen at each new curve and bend in the road.

Ski or Hike Your Way to These 6 Adventurous Treats

Dry martinis are best served in the middle of a snowy forest.

Diana Hubbell August 9, 2022

Sutcliffe, Nevada

Incandescent Rocks

Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

Marymere Falls in Washington State

Podcast: Disabled Hikers

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team July 11, 2022

Gulf Hagas

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

Sponsored By Visit Maine

Alamosa County, Colorado

Zapata Falls

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

natural wonders

Video: The Magnificent Palo Duro Canyon

This is the second largest canyon in America—and a North Texas gem you can't miss.

Sponsored By Visit Amarillo

Television and podcast host Alie Ward is a human lost-and-found.

Reuniting a Pilot and a Lost Drone Is Some Spy-Level Stuff

It started with some serious sleuthing skills and ended with a new friendship.

Alie Ward June 30, 2022

Abandoned pool and pool hut.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Lindner Park and Nature Preserve

Historical structures and natural wonders await visitors to this preserve.

Overview of Frazier Falls as a trickle.

Graeagle, California

Frazier Falls

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

A Road Trip Into Colorado’s Prehistoric Past

From fossils to footprints to petrified trees, Colorado’s distant past awaits you at every turn.

Sponsored By Visit Colorado

Sunset over Dungeness Spit. The calm water in the foreground is Dungeness Bay.

Old Town, Washington

Dungeness Spit

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

"Blue Pool" of Patillas

Almirante Sur, Puerto Rico

Charco Azul

A natural swimming pool in the middle of the Carite Forest.

View from Golondrinas Cave

Manatí, Puerto Rico

Cueva de las Golondrinas (Cave of the Swallows)

The short hike is worth the stunning views and crystal blue waters of a secluded beach.

Fresh snow is preserved by radiating sandstone heat by the shade provided by a Pinyon Pine tree.

Grand Junction, Colorado

Rattlesnake Canyon Arches

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Dannenfels, Germany

Adlerbogen (Eagle Arch)

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

Hiker Emily Ford borrowed her friend's dog, a retired sled dog named Diggins, on her grueling hike on Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail.

6 Groundbreaking Women You Didn’t Learn About in History Class

Meet the painter, the pilot, the author, and other "firsts" who paved the way.

Sarah Durn March 15, 2022

For 17 days in Scotland's remote Cairngorms mountains, British traveler Elise Wortley retraced the journey of early-20th-century writer Nan Shepherd.

female explorers

Returning to the Valley of the Assassins in the Footsteps of Explorer Freya Stark

British adventurer Elise Wortley is about to retrace a historic journey through Iran.

Sarah Durn March 14, 2022