Winner, 2026 Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing, Travel Memoir Category (Silver)

Outdoor Writers Association of America, Associate Member

Chattanooga Becomes Latest "National Park City"

I spent months living in different US cities in search of my dream home. After a few letdowns, I think I've found it.

I thought Washington, DC, would be my perfect home, but it wasn't. I found exactly what I needed in San Diego.

Seven Tips for Traveling Solo in Death Valley

Death Valley National Park, Land of Sand and Silence

What Pleases Durga

Maine's ice mermaids created the country's largest coldwater wave

An interview with the co-founders of Two Maine Mermaids, a year-round women’s coldwater swimming group

Tired of your job? Try getting struck by lightning

Writer Beth Leonard on lightning, sailing around the world, and why you shouldn't wait for adventure

About to get hit by a mountain gorilla? Stay calm and roll away

Doctor and scuba instructor Sam Nazareth on solo travel, getting clipped by a mountain gorilla in Uganda, and her polyamorous relationship with Paris

Stories from a foreign correspondent

Journalist Natashya Gutierrez on escaping arrest in Cambodia and how she stays optimistic

Want a new way to bond with your family? Try polar plunging in Antarctica

Travel photographer and clean energy entrepreneur Ashwin Salvi on visiting all seven continents and jumping in freezing water with his parents