6+ hour, 52+ 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…...

8+ hour, 22+ min ago   (333+ words) Visitors should save time for the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. The train runs beside the Arkansas River through the Royal Gorge, turning the canyon into a seated sightseeing trip. A slower afternoon can go to the Museum of Colorado Prisons,…...

9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (612+ words) WorldAtlas New Mexico has traditionally been a preferred retirement destination, with its warm climate and smaller communities where open-air activities are close at hand. Be it desert towns or mountain communities, these locales strike the right balance between senior-friendly living…...

10+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1089+ words) WorldAtlas Fewer than 2,000 people live in Cannon Beach, and its median age sits above 60, which tells you something about the pace. Haystack Rock is the reason most couples come. The sea stack rises about 235 feet off the sand, close enough…...

10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (789+ words) WorldAtlas For every Gold Rush ghost town crumbling away out in the hills, a lucky few boomtowns beat the odds, banked their winnings, and stuck around for good. Some are small historic villages you can still wander through today; a…...

10+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1207+ words) WorldAtlas Colorado's silver rush left behind hundreds of tiny towns that stayed tiny. Most kept their Victorian storefronts and their populations under a few thousand. That is exactly what makes them so easy to fall for today. Silverton still counts…...

13+ hour, 22+ min ago   (346+ words) Miami-Dade holds the highest hurricane risk score in the country, and Andrew demonstrated why in 1992, when 25,524 homes were destroyed, and another 101,241 were damaged. The disaster drove sweeping changes to South Florida's building codes. The county now maintains five storm-surge evacuation…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1044+ words) WorldAtlas Quirky small towns across the Southern United States are home to such oddities as giant frogs, wild white squirrels, haunted hotels, and even a 40-foot catfish. Early sightings of the mythical Mothman bring believers to Point Pleasant year after…...

16+ hour, 22+ min ago   (347+ words) Limiting Factor is a two-person Triton 36000/2 submersible rated to 11,000 meters. Its pressure hull is a titanium-alloy sphere with walls 90 millimeters thick. Triton states that the sphere was machined to 99.933 percent of a true sphere. The crew sits inside that compact…...

17+ hour, 22+ 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…...