Field Trip

Despite their size, the manatees swim with a still, eerie grace

Whistler Mountain borders British Columbia's Garibaldi Provincial Park and provides access to a glacier-capped, cirque-scooped skiable wilderness

Over thousands of years the Pacific has battered the Olympic coastline inland

Norway's coast is 15,500 miles long, but without the bays and fjords, it would be only 1,500

Known for its dozens of rapids—including a few big drops that are western classics—Cataract Canyon also offers plenty of calm water and sublime scenery

Two encounters with a magnifying glass

Haro Strait is home to a pod of more than 80 orcas, known as the Southern Residents, which were declared an endangered population in 2005.

With each new plateau, the canvas changes color