Around the world, trail designers are quietly employing surprising techniques to engineer awe. You’ve probably felt it without even knowing why. Inside the creative science that’s transforming your ...

Every day I become more disgusted with the Republican-led Congress of which you are a part. Congress is supposed to be a co-equal branch of our government. Instead, you and ...

Hooray! The Powell Blvd Connection is back on board! Now let's think about the Fourth Street extension: I still think that ...

The U.S. is hijacking oil in Venezuela and ships on the high seas. There is a word for this: PIRACY. The Flagstaff Police ...

Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be restored? A snorkeler explores the fish-filled depths of Tobacco Patch ...

These 10 standout images were among thousands of stunning submissions in National Geographic’s Your Shot Pictures of the Year 2025 challenge. The delicate West Indian seagrape sawfly (Sericoceros ...

Whether it’s exploring French Polynesia onboard a 230-passenger cargo ship, gliding along Sweden’s Göta Canal in a 25-cabin, retro-inspired wooden boat or encountering the landscapes and wildlife of ...

In the last two years, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek traversed the Chinese countryside, marched along the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fended off grizzly bears in Alaska. Now, his ...

Slip into the slow pace of life in Laos, where a new Mekong cruise follows the river’s course past the pagoda-studded world heritage city of Luang Prabang, into a less-explored stretch of the waterway ...

If travel in 2026 has a defining mood, it’s immersion — the kind of adventures that stir something deeper within us, and that linger long after we leave a destination. And the data backs it up. UN ...

Vilnius boasts Michelin-starred restaurants, a UNESCO-designated Old Town, a historic prison turned artist hangout, and a hip, bohemian neighborhood worth visiting. Visitors take a selfie in front of ...