When the moon blots out the sun during Monday's total solar eclipse, 12 states in its path of totality, from Oregon to South Carolina, will be plunged into darkness for a few minutes. The eclipse will begin over the Pacific Ocean at 8:45 a.m. Pacific time and start to darken the sky at the first...SEE THE STORY
On a mountainous pack trip, you can explore the peaks and creeks on horseback, with a mule lugging your gear, then camp by a lake. Here's how it works.
National parks in the West and caves in New Zealand are great places to escape from our very bright planet. Turns out, humans need more darkness too.
There is no place as intense and wondrous and few people as compelling as those who make the California desert their home.
This road takes you from Reno to California Gold country, following the rambling 20s of author Mark Twain
The plan was to have no plan. To head east on Route 66. A solo traveler with no agenda. There was only one problem: That’s not me.
Whether you're heading north, south or east from Southern California, you'll want to take a break. Here's a closer look at famous fixtures and underappreciated gems along your way.
Walk into the landscape with stops along the way. Start with Wendy Trail in Newbury Park and end with Valencia Peak overlooking the ocean.
You call this camping? It was, indeed, billed that way, but our gleaming missile had a sumptuos bed and a dining room, a stove and a fridge.
Catharine Hamm was much too kind when describing the situation involving currency exchange rates (“The Five Words You Never Want to Say When You’re Paying by Credit Card in a Foreign Country,” On the Spot, online, July 30, lat.ms/currencyexchange). I do an annual London theater binge and always...
TV personality Jeff Corwin hiked to the top of an active volcano in Greece, rappelled down steep cliffs in Montenegro and went scuba diving off the coast of Croatia. It all happened during an episode last Saturday of "Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin," one of three shows from Carnival Corp. that were...