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750-foot-high Star Dune is North America's tallest

A Great Plains native finds his way home

The Tara's flow has carved a gorge second in depth only to the Grand Canyon, and nearly its equal in beauty.

Seen through a shroud of mist, the limestone pillars of Ha Long Bay could be the skyscrapers of Wall Street

Jettison the tent, the candle lantern, and that copy of Moby-Dick. Ultralight through-hiking takes you farther, faster.

In the distance, saker falcons hover on russet wings, awaiting the jack-in-the-box pop of pikas

Don't leave trash, don't ignore signs for protected nature areas, and don't hike like an idiot

This lake, called Jökulsárlón, did not exist 75 years ago, when the giant Breidamerkurjökull glacier began receding

Punta Tombo, Argentina

Bright bluish pinpoints cluster into constellations over our heads as we float down the Waitomo River--some 50 feet underground