Japan is packed with spectacular mountains, islands, and trails, but this magnificent national park is the country's most ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Inspiration Point on the island of Anacapa has the best views. Reach it on a relatively easy 1.5-mile hike that passes sweeping vistas of the ocean and inlets, and depending on ...

A bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany seeks to turn the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore into a national park, a move that would ban hunting on all but one island. While hunting and trapping ...

This undeveloped and preserved stretch of sand and sea in the Gulf of Mexico, which reaches from Cat Island in Mississippi to Okaloosa Island in Florida (near Destin), is beloved by locals and ...

One of the nation’s least-visited offshore refuges has been compared to the Galápagos—and the best way to meet its wild residents up close is with a double-bladed paddle. When I was a rookie beach ...

The island is home to six plant species found nowhere else in the world.

National Park Service officials say that the blaze is a "full-suppression human-caused wildfire," which has burned more than ...