33+ min ago   (491+ words) The new blockage caused immediate concern because loose volcanic debris can fail when water rises against it. Engineers completed a spillway in 1981 to control the lake level and reduce downstream flood risk. The lake remained in the valley, surrounded by…...

1+ hour, 3+ 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,…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1134+ words) WorldAtlas Oregon has plenty of memorable, off-the-beaten-path towns for you to explore. Silverton has the Trail of Ten Falls, Cottage Grove boasts historic covered bridges, and Jacksonville's downtown storefronts are still standing from the 1850s gold rush. On the coast, Yachats…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1478+ words) WorldAtlas Long weekends provide the perfect opportunity to get out and explore your own backyard, which is even more enticing when the options are varied as they are in Washington. Three days in the Olympic rain shadow might look like…...

2+ hour, 33+ 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…...

3+ hour, 3+ 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…...

3+ hour, 18+ 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…...

3+ hour, 33+ 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…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago   (650+ words) Zebra mussels feed by drawing water across their gills and removing suspended particles. Phytoplankton makes up a major share of that material. An adult may filter roughly one liter of water per day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Multiply that…...

4+ hour, 33+ 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…...