41 articles tagged with national parks
When most travelers think of Hungary, Budapest's thermal baths and Gothic architecture immediately spring to mind. Yet 230 kilometers east lies Debrecen, Hungary's second-largest city and gateway to some of Eastern Europe's most spectacular natural landscapes. As someone who's spent...
While my adventures typically take me to remote Andean peaks or Australian outback trails, there's something magical about the quintessential American road trip that speaks to my soul. This past summer, I traded my usual solo expeditions for a week-long...
Standing at the base of Angel Falls, with water thundering down from nearly a kilometer above, I couldn't help but feel incredibly small yet somehow connected to something much bigger than myself. My husband squeezed my hand as we both...
There's something deeply spiritual about witnessing first light break across the red sandstone arches of Utah's most photographed national park. The way the morning glow transforms ordinary rock into living sculpture speaks to something primordial in us all. It's been...
When most people think of Miami, images of South Beach's pristine shorelines and art deco buildings immediately come to mind. But as someone who's visited the Magic City multiple times with my three adventure-seeking children, I've discovered there's a whole...
There's something about wide-open spaces that speaks to my soul in the same way free-falling through the sky does. North Dakota might not have the elevation for skydiving that I typically chase, but what it lacks in vertical drop, it...
The taxi driver's weathered hands tapped rhythmically on the steering wheel as we wound through Maracay's streets, the afternoon light casting long shadows across colonial facades. 'Most tourists just pass through on their way to somewhere else,' he told me...
I never expected to fall for Columbia, South Carolina. But here I am, fresh off a week exploring this underrated Southern gem with my sister and her two kids (ages 7 and 10), and I'm genuinely smitten. While I typically...
The first time I stepped beyond Yamoussoukro's imposing basilica and presidential palace, I discovered what few travelers ever see – a surprisingly wild Côte d'Ivoire landscape pulsing with life and adventure. While most visitors breeze through this political capital focused...
Standing at the edge of Gunlom Falls, watching my reflection ripple across the infinity pool while the vast Kakadu landscape stretched endlessly before me, I understood why Indigenous Australians have revered this land for over 65,000 years. As someone who's...
G'day fellow adventurers! Who would've thought that a volcano-obsessed Aussie like me would find geological bliss along a freshwater sea in Minnesota? When I traded Gold Coast waves for North American adventures, Lake Superior's North Shore wasn't initially on my...
As someone who has photographed ancient temples in Southern India and misty mountain shrines in Japan, I never expected to find one of my most challenging photographic adventures beneath the desert of New Mexico. The first time I descended into...
Standing atop Cadillac Mountain last summer, watching the first rays of sunlight touch American soil, I couldn't help but think how different this archaeological landscape was from my usual research sites. Instead of ancient human civilizations, Acadia showcases nature's own...
Standing beneath the vast Chilean night sky, with my travel telescope trained on the Southern Cross, I couldn't help but think how different stargazing feels in the Southern Hemisphere. The Araucanía region, with Temuco as its gateway, offers families so...
When most travelers plot their summer getaways, North Dakota rarely tops the list—and that's precisely why it should be on yours. As someone who's spent years documenting the subtle mechanics of seasonal changes across America's landscapes, I've developed a special...