10+ hour, 45+ 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…...

11+ hour, 45+ 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…...

12+ hour, 45+ 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…...

13+ hour, 15+ 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…...

14+ hour, 15+ 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…...

14+ hour, 30+ 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…...

15+ hour, 45+ 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…...

17+ hour, 31+ min ago   (682+ words) WorldAtlas Grand Mesa in western Colorado has a summit plateau of roughly 500 square miles, a tabletop broad enough to hold more than 300 lakes. Around the mesa, softer rock beneath its basalt cap has steadily eroded while the resistant summit has…...

18+ hour, 15+ min ago   (340+ words) Cumberland is a small mountian town with some of the best Appalachian overlooks in the state. It is safe in terms of violent crime, with only seven reported aggravated assaults over a five year period and no reported homicides or…...

18+ hour, 45+ min ago   (428+ words) Texas shifts from eastern bayous to western mountains, and its small towns shift with it. Some sit beside a cypress-lined creek. Others rise along a spring-fed swimming hole, a Hill Country lake, or the Gulf. The eleven here run that…...