The Ottawa Canyon trail is an easy one-mile hike at Starved Rock State Park. It's dog-friendly and one of the park's best.

Dismals Canyon is the perfect alternative to Alabama’s Cathedral Caverns, offering cave-like beauty with an outdoor twist.

From zip-lining over the forest to hiking scenic trails and exploring deep caves, there are plenty of exciting ways to ...

From zip-lining over the forest to hiking scenic trails and exploring deep caves, there are plenty of exciting ways to ...

Check out 24 of the world’s must unusual landscapes — from the hellish Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan to the “snow ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Exlore the magnificent sandstone rock structures that straddle the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. South of Dresden, the Elbe Sandstone Mountains are among the most beautiful natural ...

Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like many in the region, including the famed Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, is due ...

While the exact cave resulting from the king's ... Carved into the sandstone cliff — a process eased by the rock's softness — the Buddha gazes over the vast whiteness of an ice-covered ...

It's not just Niagara Falls. Many states in the US have impressive waterfalls. Some require a hike, but others are easy to ...