Panning for gold in Texas involves two fun activities that are ideal in the summer: treasure hunting and getting wet. Where to find gold: The Llano River is perhaps the best gold-bearing stream in the ...

The beach town has been crowned the UK's best seaside town by Holiday Cars, offering dolphin spotting, Blue Flag beaches and ...

Venomous snake sightings occur everywhere from Blue Hills Reservation to Bash Bish Falls State Park.

Bruce Wicks The landscape here doesn’t whisper, it shouts, with towering bluffs that rise up from the river valley like ...

Bethlehem, Connecticut is one of those magical spots that makes you wonder why you’ve been driving past it all these years on your way to somewhere supposedly more exciting. Classic New England ...

The best time to seek Yooperlites and other stones is after a storm, when waves have disrupted and uncovered new rocks.

Ask anyone how long the bald eagle has been the official bird of the United States, and the answer is likely to be 200 years ...

Florida hides a quirky roadside mine where visitors dig for gemstones, fossils, geodes, and ancient shark teeth.

A new Idaho study has identified six distinct genetic groups of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep across the state, opening new ...

Lake Superior is a dramatic rock dealer with better lighting. I love beaches where everyone else sees gray pebbles and I see possible agates, tiny copper rumors, prehnite glimmers, and the kind of ...

HANSKA — Brea Wear of Hanska said she was always been interested in rocks as a kid. Her passion grew more recently. “Three ...

Author Jan Karon is shy to admit that her fictional town of Mitford is based on Blowing Rock, North Carolina, but residents are convinced of the fact. Karon started writing her popular novels when she ...