11+ hour, 24+ min ago   (778+ words) Humboldt Redwoods State Park covers a sizable 53,000 acres in Northern California, making it the state's third-largest state park. Its size, ancient forests, extensive trail network, and towering trees give it the same sense of wilderness associated with a number of…...

16+ hour, 24+ min ago   (787+ words) WorldAtlas Geysers need an unusually precise combination of ingredients. Underground heat and water are not enough; a constricted plumbing system must trap hot water long enough for pressure to build and trigger an eruption. That geological requirement makes true geysers…...

19+ hour, 39+ min ago   (551+ words) Ferries serve two island marinas, Rock Harbor in the east and Windigo in the west, from three mainland ports. Here are the basic routes: Each boat keeps its own calendar, and none of them runs daily all season. The NPS-operated…...

21+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1089+ words) WorldAtlas Miles of mountain road carry drivers out of a breakfast counter in Heflin and up to the highest point in Alabama. The Talladega Scenic Drive in western Alabama is open year-round and perfect for nature lovers. At just 26 miles…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (874+ words) WorldAtlas The ice sheets that covered the northern United States dragged rock hundreds of miles before melting out from under it, and the boulders they abandoned rarely match the ground they sit on today. Geologists call these rocks glacial erratics....

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1102+ words) WorldAtlas Broadway Street in Philipsburg still glows with the multi-hued Victorian storefronts its 1880s silver boom paid for. A few hundred miles away, the Anaconda Smelter Stack rises 585 feet over Park Avenue, one of the tallest free-standing brick structures anywhere. Fort…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (558+ words) On the other hand, the Nicolet side is known as the "Cradle of Rivers" and is a huge draw for paddlers, with the headwaters of the Wolf, Pine, Popple, Oconto, Peshtigo, Deerskin, and Wisconsin Rivers originating there. Coronado National Forest…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1639+ words) WorldAtlas Mirror Lake sits a block behind Lake Placid's Main Street. Scenic towns are a given in New York's Adirondacks, with the Adirondack High Peaks in full view from village sidewalks, public beaches, and the shoulder of Route 73. Wild Walk…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (687+ words) WorldAtlas The Eisenhower Tunnel, Colorado Officially the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel, this twin-bore passage carries Interstate 70 under the Continental Divide about 60 miles west of Denver, and at 11,158 feet it is the highest point on the entire United States Interstate system. For…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (559+ words) WorldAtlas California’s Sierra Nevada foothills provide ideal habitat for western blacklegged ticks (Ixodes pacificus), the region’s primary carrier of Lyme disease and anaplasmosis. Nymphs are most active in spring and early summer, while adults are more active from fall through…...