Travel Guides

Getting deep into the backcountry is great, but there is profound value in sharing iconic views with the rest of the world. The author at Badwater Basin in Death Valley (Photo: Mikaela Ruland) Published August 22, 2026 03:07AM I wasn’t always a national park person. I was a climber and a skier and the owner

Updated April 14, 2026 08:43AM Stephanie Pearson knows a good hike. She’s scouted hundreds of trails all over the country for her new book, 100 Hikes of a Lifetime U.S.A., (April 7) which features the most scenic trails, day hikes, and pilgrimage treks across the country. The National Geographic explorer and longtime Outside contributor has spent decades hiking

Airline websites are not necessarily badly designed, even though they often feel that way. In many cases, the booking process is doing exactly what it was designed to do: get you focused on the lowest advertised fare before revealing the cost of everything else. You start with a flight that looks like it costs $400.

Published September 22, 2026 06:29AM Long before modern science revealed the mechanisms behind leaf color change, Indigenous communities connected this seasonal transformation to stories of battle, bravery and bloodshed. The Oneida Indian Nation and Meherrin people tell similar versions of a story in which three men pursue a great bear to the ends of the

Updated April 26, 2026 09:26AM It’s 3 A.M., and my alarm is rudely beckoning me to get out of a comfy blanket burrito to start the day. Yesterday was a rough run—six hours behind the wheel through intense thunderstorms, followed by navigating endless desert roads with so many washboards that I feel like my brain

Most travellers now fly with several battery-powered items: a phone, laptop, tablet, camera, headphones, smartwatch, portable charger or vape. But packing one of them in the wrong bag can cause real problems at the airport. In 2026, aviation safety authorities are warning travellers to pay closer attention to lithium batteries after reports that millions of

Published September 15, 2026 05:54AM We’re not lost. That’s the baseline my buddy, Keener, and I establish as we step off of our motorcycles and look at the GPS on my phone. We just don’t know where we are. There’s a big difference between those two situations. We’re deep in the backcountry of South Dakota’s

Published May 4, 2026 03:30AM I’ll sky-watch on any clear night of the year, but in my book, there’s nothing like stargazing in the northern hemisphere’s summer—especially in 2026. The next few months are packed with interstellar action: not one but two eclipses, extended hours with the Milky Way core, and near-perfect conditions for the

The Sea to Sky Highway EV road trip is one of Canada’s most scenic drives, winding from the edge of Vancouver along Howe Sound toward Whistler and Pemberton. Now, it has another reason to be on your road trip list: it has been named one of the best EV road trips in the world. According

Published September 16, 2026 08:34AM With days getting shorter and fall fast approaching, the most colorful time of year is about to pop off in a blaze of red, orange and gold. Autumn is one of the most spectacular seasons to visit national parks from coast to coast, but catching peak foliage requires careful timing.