Pacific Crest Trail in Five Minutes: BearSnack’s 2015 Thru-Hike Film
The Pacific Crest Trail runs 2,653 miles (4,270 km) from the Mexican border to the Canadian border, through the deserts, the Sierra Nevada ...
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Plan White Sands National Park with a realistic dune outing, current road restrictions, walking choices and tips for enjoying the changing light. Explore Central Park with a manageable first-visit route, from the Mall to Bethesda Terrace and Bow Bridge, plus ideas for a second outing.
Start with White Sands National Park: Dunes, Walks and Visit Planning and Central Park: A First-Visit Walk and Places Worth a Pause.
Total Solar Eclipse of 21 August 2017: Path, Totality and Next Eclipses
On 21 August 2017 the Moon's shadow crossed the United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and millions of people stepped outside ...
Pack Up + Go Surprise Trips: How the Secret-Destination Holiday Works
Pack Up + Go is a Pittsburgh travel company that plans a short trip around your interests and budget, then keeps the destination secret unt...
Route 66 Solar Roadway: Missouri’s 2016 Solar Panel Pilot at Conway
In the summer of 2016, headlines announced that Route 66 was about to become America’s first solar roadway. The real plan was smaller and m...
Ultimate US Road Trip: Randal Olson’s 50-Landmark Optimal Route
In 2015 data scientist Randal Olson used a computer to plan the ultimate American road trip: one loop that visits a major landmark in each o...
10 Beautiful Hotels in America: From Waikiki to Aspen
America’s most beautiful hotels range from a Waikiki beach classic and a rebuilt Victorian seaside grande dame to a desert retreat carved in...
Optimal US Road Trip: Randal Olson’s 50-Landmark Route Across America
In March 2015, AI researcher Randal S. Olson used a genetic algorithm to work out the most efficient road trip through 50 major US landmarks...
Green Bank, West Virginia: Life in the National Radio Quiet Zone
In a green valley of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, a giant white dish rises above the trees. This is the Green Bank Telescope, and to ke...
Milky Way over Yellowstone: Dave Lane’s Night Photos of Silex Spring
Astrophotographer Dave Lane spent summer nights in Yellowstone National Park photographing the Milky Way above its hot springs and boardwal...
Driving Miss Norma: Norma Bauerschmidt's 13,000-Mile Road Trip at 90
In the summer of 2015, a few weeks after losing her husband of 67 years, 90-year-old Norma Bauerschmidt was diagnosed with uterine cancer. ...
Venice Beach Drone Film: Robert McIntosh’s Rise & Shine at Dawn
Soft early light, empty paths, palm trees throwing long shadows across the sand: Robert McIntosh’s short aerial film Rise & Shine catc...
Half & Half: ShinLiArt's Split Photos Joining New York and Seoul
Half & Half is a photo series by ShinLiArt, the Korean artist couple Danbi Shin and Seok Li. With Shin living in New York and Li in Seo...
Across the USA by Train: Derek Low’s Amtrak Trip from San Francisco to NYC
In December 2011 Derek Low crossed the United States by train, riding Amtrak about 3,400 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area to New York. ...
Niagara Falls in Miniature: Joerg Daiber’s Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse Film
The tour boats look like bath toys and the crowds on the viewing platforms move like figures in a model railway. In Nano Niagara Falls , pub...
Los Angeles Hyperlapse by Vadim Tereshchenko: Two Years in Two Minutes
Capitol Records, City Hall and Griffith Observatory slide, twist and glow through Vadim Tereshchenko’s two-minute hyperlapse of Los Angeles...
Travis Burke’s Van Life: Grandma’s Camper and a North America Road Trip
Travis Burke's grandmother had an old camper van. The travel photographer turned it into a compact mobile home, named it Betty the Grey...
Fall Colors in 5 US National Parks: Smokies to Yosemite and When to Go
Autumn in America's national parks runs from the first gold on Montana's larches in late September to the last red maples in the Gr...
Living in a Truck with a Dog: Dwayne Parton's Road Trip to Alaska
In 2015 Dwayne Parton moved into a Toyota Tacoma with his dog Bobby and drove across the American West towards Alaska, working remotely fro...
Past Present Project: Christian Carollo Recreates His Grandparents' Photos
Around 2012, photographer Christian Carollo found a box of his late grandfather’s travel slides, pictures from the couple’s road trips acro...
Patrick Vale’s Colossus: Time-Lapse of a Giant Ink Drawing of New York
Thousands of windows, water towers, rooftops and fire escapes, all drawn by hand in ink: Patrick Vale's Colossus is a vast freehand pan...