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Yosemite’s Ahwahnee Hotel, Finally Restored
Interior designers spared no detail in bringing this historic lodge back to its luxurious origins
May 24, 2011 |
By Kristin Ohlson
Springtime Splendor in Yosemite
As the winter snows thaw, visitors flock to the popular national park to see frazil ice, moonbows and other seasonal sights
May 24, 2011 |
By Kristin Ohlson
A Dinosaur Graveyard in the Smithsonian's Backyard
At a new dinosaur park in Maryland, children and paleontologists alike have found fossils for a new Smithsonian exhibit
February 2010 |
By Abby Callard
The Curious Case of the Arkansas Diamonds
In a state park full of amateur diamond miners, one prospector dug up a valuable stone worth thousands of dollars—or did he?
January 09, 2009 |
By Brendan Borrell
Preserving Silence in National Parks
A Battle Against Noise Aims to Save Our Natural Soundscapes
August 06, 2008 |
By Garret Keizer
John Muir's Yosemite
The father of the conservation movement found his calling on a visit to the California wilderness
July 2008 |
By Tony Perrottet
Wild at Heart
A Yosemite program introduces kids to the great outdoors
July 2008 |
By Reid Pillifant
About Carleton Watkins
On the life and career of the 19th-century American landscape photographer who captured Yosemite in stereo
July 2008 |
By Bruce Hathaway
Acadia Country
Anchored by the spectacular national park, the rugged, island-dotted coastal region of Maine distills the down east experience
May 2008 |
By Jonathan Kandell
The Grand Canyon in All Its Glory
No matter how many times you’ve seen it, visiting the canyon never fails to take your breath away
January 2008 |
By Megan Gambino
Goodbye My Coney Island?
A new development plan may alter the face of New York's famous amusement park
July 01, 2007 |
By Marina Koestler
Snapshot: Tikal
A virtual vacation to Tikal National Park in Guatemala
July 01, 2007 |
By Maggie Frank
Jewel of the Tetons
They were the prime movers behind the great Wyoming park. This summer, the Rockefellers are donating a final 1,106 acres, a spectacular parcel to be open to the public for the first time in 75 years
June 2007 |
By Tony Perrottet
It All Falls Down
A plummeting cougar population alters the ecosystem at Zion National Park
December 01, 2006 |
By Eric Jaffe
Below the Rim
Humans have roamed the Grand Canyon for more than 8,000 years. But the chasm is only slowly yielding clues to the ancient peoples who lived below the rim
June 2006 |
By David Roberts
Hazy Days In Our Parks
The air in many national wilderness wonderlands is getting worse. As officials debate controversial new rules to curb pollution, scientists find the sources are surprisingly far-flung
June 2005 |
By Charles Petit
Rapture of the Deep
Pennekamp State Park—the nation's first coral-reef santcuary—protects a thriving ecosystem beneath the waves
April 2005 |
By Marialisa Calta
Adirondacks Style
At six million acres, New York's funky wilderness preserve, one of America's largest refuges, is also one of the most alluring. An aficionado explains why
October 2004 |
By Jonathan Kandell
Yellowstone Grumbles
Pent-up water and steam threaten to burst through the park's surface. (And we're not talking Old Faithful here)
July 2004 |
By Kevin Krajick
Shore Thing
In the new Boston Harbor Islands national park area, city dwellers can escape the madding crowds
August 2003 |
By Doug Stewart
