One of those recipients is North Carolina, which shares custody of the Blue Ridge Parkway, known as “America’s Favorite Drive,” with Virginia. Another legendary road, California’s Pacific Coast ...

After visiting 24 national parks in the U.S., contributing writer Latria Graham meditates on their complex legacy—and ...

Most people have heard of the Appalachian Trail, but this American trail offers even more adventure to those hikers willing ...

There are millions of things to see in the Empire State, but most visitors invariably think of either Times Square or the ...

All across the country, lighthouses are falling into disuse and disrepair. In Aquinnah, a devoted group of townspeople are ...

A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the perspective of its original inhabitants — the Native Americans who comprise the ...

A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the perspective of its original inhabitants — the Native Americans who comprise ...

In Maine, the state chapters of two venerable fish conservation organizations, Trout Unlimited and the Native Fish Coalition, are as a matter of policy strongly opposed to the killing and eating ...

The monument’s new welcome center tells its story not from the perspective of the famed naturalist but through the eyes of the Wabanaki tribes.

ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) — The founder of Burt’s Bees envisioned a tribute to Henry David Thoreau when she began buying thousands of acres of logging company land to donate for what ...