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The Tatra Mountains: Hiking, Zakopane, and What to Know
In the south of Poland, the <strong>Tatra Mountains</strong> rise from the Carpathian foothills to form the only alpine landscape in Central Europe north of the Alps. The Polish Tatras are a national park with glacial valleys, granite peaks, and clear mountain lakes.
Torres del Paine: Trekking Guide to Patagonia's Crown Jewel
At the far southern tip of Chilean Patagonia, where the Andes crumble into the sub-Antarctic winds of the Southern Ocean, stands one of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth. Torres del Paine National Park takes its name from three ancient granite mo...
Malawi: The Lake of Stars and Africa's Greatest Wildlife Comeback Story
Malawi is a long, thin country wrapped around a long, thin lake, squeezed between Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique. It has no Victoria Falls, no Serengeti, no famous anything, which is precisely why it has stayed cheap, uncrowded, and disarmingly fri...
The Manitou Incline: Colorado's Most Famous, and Most Brutal Hike
If you ask anyone in Colorado to name the toughest short hike in the state then you'll most likely hear the same two words: Manitou Incline. It isn't the highest, the longest, or the most remote trail in Colorado but it might be the most famous, and ...
Algeria's Stunning Natural Landscapes: From the Mediterranean to the Sahara
Most people imagine the desert when they think of Algeria, and they're not wrong since the Sahara does cover 80% of the country. But Algeria's natural diversity goes beyond sand dunes. From lush coastal forests to snow-capped mountains to volcanic ro...
America's Most Mysterious Places: From Sedona Vortexes to Skinwalker Ranch
The United States is a young country built on ancient geology, indigenous spiritual traditions, frontier mythology, and a captivating national character. The result is an inventory of places that generate controversy, unexplained phenomena, and memor...
The Best Hike in Florida: Juniper Prairie Wilderness on the Florida Trail
If you ask serious hikers to name the best hike in Florida then one answer keeps coming back: the Florida Trail through the Juniper Prairie Wilderness in Ocala National Forest. You can use the interactive route map on this page to see the full trail,...
American Samoa Travel Guide: The USA's Most Remote Territory and Most Pristine Island
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the South Pacific Ocean, approximately 2,600 miles southwest of Hawaii. Its approximately 55,000 residents are US nationals (not citizens by birth, in a legal distinction that co...
Alligators and Adventures: The Complete Wildlife Travel Guide to Tampa
Most visitors come to Tampa for Busch Gardens, the Riverwalk, or the beaches of St. Pete. What they often discover — sometimes with a jolt — is that Florida takes its wildlife seriously, and Tampa's surrounding landscape is one of the best places in ...
Socotra: A real mysterious island
If someone showed you a picture of Socotra Island without telling you where it was, you would probably think it was from a movie set. The trees look like enormous upside-down mushrooms, and some of them even bleed dark red sap if you cut them. An...
Puerto Rico's Jungle: El Yunque, and Are There Venomous Snakes or Spiders?
Puerto Rico is not just beaches. The northeastern corner of the island is covered by El Yunque National Forest — the only tropical rainforest in the entire United States National Forest system. It receives up to 200 inches of rain per year, suppo...
Grand Canyon: 12 Things You Need to Know Before You Go
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and over a mile deep. More than six million people visit Arizona every year to see it — and a surprising number of them show up completely unprepared. Here's everything you need to know to ...