A Volcano You Can Walk to From a Coffee Shop Most cities make you drive somewhere to find a mountain. Edinburgh just… has one. Arthur’s Seat rises straight out of the middle of the city, the eroded plug of a volcano that went extinct some 350 million years...
Introduction Most people who fly into Christchurch never hear the name Godley Head. It sits at the far end of the Port Hills, past Sumner and Taylors Mistake, guarding the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour with a working lighthouse on one side and a warren of crumbling...
Introduction Bryce Canyon isn’t actually a canyon — it’s a series of natural amphitheaters carved into the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah, packed with the highest concentration of hoodoos on Earth. Hoodoos are the tall, thin spires of...
Introduction The Grand Canyon Track Blue Mountains walk is the reason most visitors make the trip out here in the first place. The Blue Mountains rise about ninety minutes west of Sydney, and the first thing you should know about them is that they are not, in fact,...
Introduction Indiana does not have a reputation as a destination. This is, on balance, Indiana’s gain — because it means that one of the most scenically bizarre and genuinely spectacular stretches of the southern Lake Michigan shoreline remains, relative to its...
Introduction There’s a particular kind of surprise that comes from finding genuinely good hiking within commuting distance of a major American city. You’ve been conditioned to expect asphalt paths, aggressive cyclists, and lake views interrupted by...
