Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy Visit NC, by Holden Kudla and Atlas-Obscura Jockey's Ridge State Park. With summer activities in full swing, you may be ...

California is home to some of the country's top natural wonders, and it's also home to many of America's best destinations for thrilling outdoor recreation. It should therefore come as no surprise ...

Located east of Los Angeles, the Mojave is the largest protected desert in the world. Mojave National Preserve is the rain ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. — The buggy named Sand Rover seemed certain to plow snout-first into the sand dune. Just at that moment, Don Preble punched the gas. His $40,000 machine bucked from the power of ...

BRUNEAU, Idaho — It may look like an empty desert, but Bruneau Dunes State Park has 400-foot-tall windswept sand, wide-open skies, and 4800 acres of nature with countless adventures and opportunities ...

A weather enthusiast braved 150 km/h winds at the top of Europe’s tallest sand dune to capture Storm Benjamin. Alexis Berthelot, 23, climbed the 110-metre-high Dune du Pilat on France’s Atlantic coast ...

Our family’s most memorable ranger is Fred Bunch, chief of resource management at Great Sand Dunes National Park. We first encountered Fred during the evening ranger program as we camped at the Dunes ...

In some places, sand dunes protect shorelines from the onslaught of ocean waves. In other places, the dunes themselves are on the move, and threaten human structures. Host Flora Lichtman talks with ...