Category: Travel

Bird-watching on Rhode Island is a big local hobby. With over 400 species to spot, here's where to go for the best bird-watching all through the year.

A tiny dot on the Pacific Coast, Pescadero draws visitors with its beautiful beaches, plentiful wildlife, and incredible food. Don't miss these highlights.

Learn about the impact of the California Gold Rush: its change of status from a province to a state, the short rise and fall of mining towns, jobs, immigrant populations, and more.

These five restaurants, from gourmet vegetarian to classic brewpub fare, are the best flavors along northern California's strech of the Pacific Coast Highway.

Environmental issues in Rhode Island center on wildlife, both on land and in the ocean. Learn about the impact of the encroaching suburban sprawl.

When traveling in Yellowstone, you might be confronted with other visitors ignoring the rules. In most cases, they don’t intend to be malicious. They simply misunderstand the natural ecosystem, its realities and its dangers. So, what can you do to encourage better behavior from others? Read these tips from Becky Lomax.

Nestled in the Mojave Desert is Joshua Tree National Park, an oasis of beautiful natural sights and a few historical ones too. Here's an overview of the park, including how to get there, must-see landscapes, and tips on hiking the many nature trails in the desert.

Isle au Haut is a remote section of Acadia National Park that’s raw and rugged, beautiful, even breathtaking in parts, a place where it's easy to feel far removed from civilization. Nearby is Deer Isle, a colony of artists and artisans inspired by these landscapes.

Oregon's diverse, dramatic landscape lends itself wonderfully to a good hike. Narrowing down the plentiful and varied options to Oregon's top five hikes isn't an easy task. Here are our picks.

For guided river trips, Placerville is the whitewater capital of California’s Gold Country. From there, outfitters can take you to all three forks of the American River. Here's a round-up of recommended guided trip outfitters.

Rhode Island may be tiny, but it contains over 400 miles of coastline, along which you’ll find over 100 public and private beaches. If sunbathing and swimming are on your agenda but you’re not sure where to begin, here are the best Rhode Island beaches for families, for solitude, for surfing, and more.

World-class scenery and the relative lack of congestion, even at the height of summer, make the Schoodic Peninsula a special Acadia destination. Here's a look at getting around, the biggest attractions, and the small towns dotting the peninsula.