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Tyrion’s Cave Nature Preserve Area

Tyrone, Pennsylvania

Tytoona Cave Nature Preserve Area

Considered by many to be a local landmark and treasure.

Falls of the Ohio State Park

Clarksville, Indiana

Falls of the Ohio State Park

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

Ensign Peak

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ensign Peak

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

Balade, New Caledonia

Monument de Balade

An overgrown monument remembers 60 years of French control in New Caledonia.

The diversion wall running along Nyaania Creek.

Glen Forrest, Australia

Devil's Terror Cutting

A feat of railway engineering required to bypass a muddy quagmire.

Big Foot petroglyph, with standing figure to right. The Big Foot is literally a representation of a bare human footprint, not the storied cryptid.

Clark County, Nevada

Black Butte Petroglyph Trail

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

Every year in the remote reaches of northeastern Georgia, shepherds drive hundreds of sheep along a dangerous mountain trail to seasonal pastures. In May and June, shepherds make the trek up to pristine summer pastures high in the Caucasus Mountains. Then, in September and October, they drive the sheep back down to the valleys below.

The Stark Beauty of Tushetian Shepherds’ Journey Across Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains

These stunning photographs reveal the determination and resilience of a centuries-old way of life.

Sarah Durn March 2, 2023

Part of the canal.

Jimena de la Frontera, Spain

Royal Artillery Factory of King Carlos III

Visit 17th-century ruins on a strikingly beautiful riverside walking trail.

Vernazza, Italy

Cat Shrine

On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.

Written and Photographed by Matt Payne

Colorado Winter Wonderland

Pack your snowshoes and see the Centennial State like never before. We hand-picked a collection of unique Colorado destinations transformed by glistening frost and white snow.

Sponsored by Visit Colorado

Big Balanced Rock stuns along the Heart of Rocks Loop near Wilcox, AZ.

A Guide to Arizona’s Most Striking Natural Wonders

A journey through underground lava caves, enormous balancing rocks, and breathtaking canyons.

Sponsored by Visit Arizona

Mogollon, New Mexico

Catwalk Recreation Area

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

New Zealand's challenging Hollyford Track—including a stretch known as the Demon Trail—follows a river valley past stunning views of the surrounding mountains.

Along New Zealand's Demon Trail, a Family Hunts for True 'Wildness'

A couple and their young daughter hike the South Island's Hollyford Track, enduring rough terrain and vicious sand flies for a glimpse of an untamed world.

Phillip and April Vannini November 28, 2022

Barão de São João, Portugal

Passeio dos Poetas Stone Faces

On a trail in Portugal's Barão de São João National Forest, a pile of faces look up at hikers from the forest floor.

Podcast: On the Appalachian Trail

A listener takes us across one of the most storied backpacking routes in North America.

The Podcast Team November 9, 2022

West portal of the east tunnel.

A Dozen Accessible Fall Hikes to Delight and Inspire

For nature lovers of all stripes.

Jonathan Carey November 4, 2022

Looking down on the foundations from the old mill site for the Mazama Queen mine.

Mazama, Washington

Mazama Queen Mine

The crumbling remains of a gold mine that was operational in the 1930s.

Whitefish Island ponds

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Whitefish Island

Amid rushing rapids, this small bit of land is an important First Nations site on border between Canada and the United States.