Hugging the Potomac from D.C. to the Appalachian foothills, the C&O Canal is best experienced by bicycle and capped off with ...

Cajon Pass is more than a busy mountain gateway. Its complex geology could help reshape the next major earthquake’s reach and intensity.

A writer traveling on a four-day trip aboard The Canadian finds himself going back to a less-complicated time—with 1950s ...

Skydiving by the sun. Playing with a baby seal. Bathing in corn flour. Check out some of the pictures featured in our Photo of the Day.

The most exciting experiences in the Hungarian capital celebrate both creativity and tradition, from a revived culinary institution to a new cabaret bar with a decadent edge.

National Geographic photographers were stationed from Iceland to Spain to document one of the year’s most anticipated celestial events.

Blending urban exploration with outdoor adventure, Seattle invites families to experience its waterways, neighborhoods, and ...

We came to a bench where a graduate student was working on one of the key mysteries behind antiaging: How does a cell remember its former state? Borrowing from information theory, Sinclair believes in ...

Elite Exped’s cofounder Mingma Gyabu Sherpa, known in the mountains as Mingma David, holds out hope for Purja, citing that ...

Carving intricate bird pins was a popular pastime among the 120,000 people of Japanese descent forced into camps during World War II, says Delphine Hirasuna, the author of two books about the crafts ...

Long overshadowed by Egypt's pyramids and gold mines, the rugged Atbai Desert is finally revealing clues about the nomadic civilization that navigated its sand.

Eight years ago, photographer Pete McBride almost lost his Colorado home to a wildfire. This summer, he heads back to the ...