As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical events. It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s ...

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Some 54 million years ago, this entire region of Oregon lay beneath the Pacific Ocean. Within the striated rock, scientists have found fossilized evidence of more than 2,200 plants and animals and of ...

Every national park site sits on ancestral lands. So what does it mean to be a Native American working for the Park Service today? “I am not an artifact,” said Albert LeBeau III, an archaeologist and ...

The world’s largest urban national park can be found in the backyard of Los Angeles. The park's 150,000 acres span lush Mediterranean and coastal marine ecosystems, providing habitat to more than ...

Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi? When 14-year-old Emmett Till left Chicago for ...

Grab a map, load up on water and choose your own adventure at Mojave National Preserve. Two hours after leaving Las Vegas, we rolled to a stop at Hole-in-the-Wall Campground. It was 2:30 a.m., and my ...

Blog Post A Woman on Mount Rushmore? Feb 2018 | By Nicolas Brulliard Mount Rushmore National Memorial features the faces of four U.S. presidents. All, of course, are men, but Congress considered a ...

We were young, brown outsiders in the world of outdoor adventure. Climbing Grand Teton marked a turning point. One September morning in 1979, I stood on the summit of Grand Teton with my friend, Mark ...

Trained as an ecological anthropologist, Dr. James D. Nations has spent the past 25 years working for the protection of natural ecosystems and cultural heritage in the tropics and the United States.

More than a century after Native Americans were displaced to create Glacier National Park, a Blackfeet-run tour company offers visitors a chance to see the park from the perspective of the people who ...

Maggie Downs is the author of the travel memoir “Braver Than You Think” and a guide to family adventures, “50 Things to Do Before You’re 5.” Focusing on travel and outdoor adventure — and scent — her ...