The Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains formed millions of years ago. Within both of them lies a fascinating world of rocks, gemstones, crystals and minerals. Here's how to start identifying them.

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The adventure begins easily enough – just look for the well-marked trailhead on Route 112 (the Kancamagus Highway), about 3.5 miles west of where it meets Bear Notch Road. There’s a dedicated parking ...

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Now, park officials said they can’t further assess the damage until the spring to establish the trail’s reopening date. So ...

Between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the Bay of Fundy hosts the world’s highest tides. Hikers have almost 30 trails to explore, while kayakers can explore the sandstone Hopewell Rocks formations and ...

Several “singing nuns” got famous back in the day, but the one-hit wonder “Dominique” from 1963 was made famous by a specific singing nun named Jeanne-Paule Marie “Jeannine” Deckers. Deckers’ cover of ...

What do you get when you combine one of the greatest years in music with one of the highest honors in the art form and one of the most interesting sects of songs? Well, you get these three tracks ...

There are few finer lookouts than that reached on Dyrham Park’s three-mile (4.8km) Prospect Walk. The trail traverses the parkland of this grand 17th-century Bath stone pile, which glows in low winter ...

How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments The canonical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were renowned for their size or splendor and—in all cases—the ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...