While many travel destinations are becoming overrun with tourists, there are still some beautiful hidden gems in the US from ...

NASA's Curiosity rover captured this extremely wide snapshot as it traversed its extraterrestrial stomping grounds in Gale Crater this February. The agency has since converted that data into a ...

By studying the rock and other materials blasted out of a crater in an impact, planetary scientists say they were able to ...

A unique U.S. park is the only place in the world where visitors can search for real diamonds and take home what they find - and one recent tourist just walked away with a gem worth thousands.

Of the eight active volcanoes on the USGC watch list, three are relatively easy to explore — Long Valley, Mt. Lassen, and ...

We got our first real glimpse of Mount St. Helens just before reaching the trailhead at Climbers Bivouac, and the snow-capped crater ... distance at nearly the same level. On St. Helens, the view ...

Crater Lake and the popular Cleetwood Cove Trail will be closed to swimmers, boaters, and hikers until 2029. This summer will be the last chance for travelers to visit the lake until 2029.

The volcanic crater lake attracts thousands of visitors each year. Those wanting to enjoy the deepest lake in the U.S. will need to schedule a visit soon, before access closes for more than two years.

Crater Lake National Park's Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal access point to the lake, will close in 2026 for a construction project. The closure is expected to last for at least two years ...

At Crater Lake National Park, thousands of people hike down to the lake every year to swim in the shallows and dive from a 35-foot cliff face into the clear blue depths. They do this despite an ...