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Outside October 2009 Justin Nyberg |
Southwest Adventures: Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado The last thing you expect to see next to 14,000-foot peaks is a 30-square-mile chunk of Sahara-like desert. The unlikely juxtaposition makes Great Sand Dunes National Park one of the most remarkable spots in the country. |
Outside June 2004 Annette McGivney |
National Park Secret Trips Locals' no-tell favorites, from Acadia to Yellowstone to wildest Alaska--along with a roundup of dream towns nearby, the places to eat, drink, and dance after a day or three in backcountry heaven. |
Outside June 2004 Mark Sundeen |
Dry Run on the River of Sorrows The Dolores used to be one of the mightiest whitewater rivers in the West. Then politics and dry weather got in the way. But neither drought nor dam nor partisan bickering can stop the author from floating (and walking and driving) the entire course of the Rio de Nuestra Senora de los Dolores. |
Outside September 2005 Brad Wetzler |
Jackpot Nevada may be big and windswept, but don't dare call it empty. An adventure road trip through the Silver State turns up a secret-stash play land of back country splendor, high-end diversions, and a horizon that never stops beckoning. |
Outside July 2003 |
Land o' the Free Our ten favorite stretches of American blacktop come with all the essential summer pleasures. So pick your pavement and go. |
Outside April 2010 Steven Rinella |
Go Big or Go Home Cruise ships and wildlife buses? The tourist staples miss the point of Alaska: It's the last real place to find an epic, crowd-free adventure on American soil. |
Outside August 2004 |
America's Top Dream Towns Seeking an underpopulated--and undiscovered--slice of paradise? Drop in to any of our 20 adventure towns, from burly Haines, Alaska, to serene Cedar Key, Florida, where you'll find cush, affordable base camps for spontaneous long weekends or a lifetime of wild fun. |
Outside April 2006 |
Adrenaline Nation Secret instructions on how to plot an escape from your hardwired grind to wide-open adventure in North America. |
Outside October 2002 Bill Vaughn |
The Snow on the Sweetgrass For newcomers -- meaning most of us -- they are merely picturesque. But for Native Americans, the sacred places of the Great Plains and Northern Rockies are alive with centuries of memory and meaning -- and something much, much bigger. |
Outside December 2001 Peter Heller |
Pourover Somewhere at the bottom of the deepest canyon on earth flows the Cotahuasi� -- a long, roiling ribbon of whitewater, a river so old and dangerous that you never master it, you just surrender to it. And pay respect to its ghosts... |
American History Larry E. Morris |
The Corps of Discovery: After the Expedition Its mission over, the Corps of Discovery disbanded and its members sought their own destinies. Some of them passed from the historical record, but others had adventures that made their experiences with Lewis and Clark seem almost tame by comparison. |
Wild West John F. Murphy, Jr. |
Long March of Lewis and Clark For 28 arduous and danger-filled months, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the longest armed reconnaissance in military history. |
Adventure November 2005 Robert Earle Howells |
Adventure Travel 2006: The Sports Trips Atlas The best locations around the world for skiing, rafting, mountaineering, diving, and mountain biking. |
Real Travel Adventures February 2007 Linda Ballou |
Slow Blowing Dream Coming home to Alaska's unrivaled beauty |
Outside July 2006 Lewon & Lisagor |
Summer Escapes A varied menu of weekend adventures, whether you're looking for epic bragging rights, a quiet escape for two, an easy-to-reach nexus for a group gathering, or a wild road trip. |
High on Adventure April 2000 Lee Juillerat |
Rafting Oregon's Owyhee River |
Outside September 2001 Mike Grudowski |
Welcome to Your New Backyard Want instant access to the Big Outdoors -- trails, rivers, wild shores, just minutes from home -- without compromising your livelihood? Then check out these ten towns on the verge of paradise, where you don't have to ditch it all to have it all. |
Outside September 2007 Nyberg et al. |
City Slicker Escape from New York (and nine other big cities) with these 40 fast adventures |
Outside June 2010 |
Weekend Escapes for $500 or Less A list of weekend escapes, from one side of the country to the other, that won't break any budgets. |
Outside May 2010 |
The Best State Parks Follow our guide to America's wild and relatively untrampled state parks, national lakeshores, and recreation areas. |
Outside January 2007 Rob Buchanan |
Paradise Pretty Soon Four years ago, the president of Gabon announced the creation of an unprecedented 13 new national parks. Ready for a visit? |
Wild West Quig Nielsen |
Sacagawea of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Details of her life remain sketchy, and the time and place of her death are still debated, but the young Indian woman who assisted Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their great journey west has a secure place in history. |
Outside September 2002 |
Fast Getaways You'll find endless rewards in just 48 hours of freedom. We've got 50 close-to-home adventures right here. |
Outside July 2008 Kevin Fedarko |
They Call Me Groover Boy The author's life at the helm of a Colorado River latrine raft. |
Outside March 2007 |
Best Trips 2007 Whether you want to raft an unknown Himalayan river or link a few Colorado peaks in your own backyard, here are 30 adventures to stoke your wanderlust. |
Outside April 2007 Patrick Symmes |
Leaping Tiger, Drowning River The world's greatest Communist supereconomy needs all the power it can get. With dams rising up all around, the author joins a team of Chinese and American rafters as they outrun the concrete on a wild descent of the Yangtze. |
Popular Mechanics June 2008 |
3 More Classic American Road Trips: War, Wilderness and Whitewater! Road trips for indulging sport, music, and history interests |
Mother Jones December 2000 Bill Donahue |
The Same River Twice It's been a horror movie set, a sewer, a flood control ditch. Now environmentalists, and some politicians, are pushing a novel idea: They want to turn the Los Angeles River into... a river... |
High on Adventure April 2007 Lee Juillerat |
Traveling the Rogue From the Cascades to the Ocean The Rogue River is a magical river in Southern Oregon's Cascades. |
Outside July 2004 Grayson Schaffer |
Find Your Flow We've zeroed in on the best blue-ribbon river trips in North America--from remote rapids to meandering flatwater--for getting wet, wild, and recharged. Also recommended gear. |
Outside June 2007 |
New American Road Trip Cars are faster, highways are better, and there's cool stuff just about everywhere. Stop sitting on those vacation days and get out there. Our five two-week loops will get you rolling. |
Outside April 2009 |
Expedition Planning 101 Several hiking and camping expeditions are detailed from coast to coast, including Alaska. |
Outside August 2006 Mike Grudowski |
Location is Everything The best adventure athletes in America, share where they live and why. |
Adventure Mark Sundeen |
Road Trip: The Ballad of Route 89 From Canada to Mexico, past seven national parks and 1,700 miles of the promised land on the West's most Western highway. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
Invest Like Lewis and Clark The famed explorers' leadership methods can also lead to investing success. |
Adventure September 2004 Geoffrey Norman |
The River Wilder A Thoreauvian river trip through Maine's North Woods. |
High on Adventure August 1, 2009 Lee Juillerat |
Hiking at Zion National Park We spent nearly five very fun, cool hours waddling up and down the canyon's watery folds. How far did we walk? Hard to tell. |
Real Travel Adventures April 2007 Johnna Kaplan |
The Very Beaten Path Hermann, Missouri is touristy and crowded, but there is something intriguing about the town. In the middle of Missouri wine country, this town was voted most beautiful town in Missouri. |
High on Adventure June 2003 |
Rafting Utah's Cataract Canyon Canyonlands National Park serves up adventure |
Outside April 2009 Wells Tower |
The Tuber Having constructed the greatest flotation device mankind has ever known, the author embarks on an ill-conceived, possibly insane crossing of alligator-infested north Florida. |
High on Adventure October 2000 Lee Juillerat |
Where The Bulls Run Amok Traveling the Badlands in North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park... |
High on Adventure February 2010 Lee Juillerat |
Snowshoeing the Onion River The Onion River, legend says, was named by Paul Bunyan, the legendary logger. |
Science News February 16, 2008 |
Timeline: From the February 12, 1938, issue Towers reach skyward to start radio waves... River took hardest way, formed Yellowstone Canyon... Years of drought coming to great basin, is warning... |
High on Adventure December 2001 |
Canoeing the Zambezi Our river guide Solomon gave us a few pointers before we shoved our canoes into the Zambezi River and began a three-day, thirty-mile paddle through Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park... |
Real Travel Adventures December 2007 Charmaine Shucker |
Amazing Royal Gorge and Its Historic Railroad Lovely scenery, food and a little excitement all at one location. |
Outside February 2002 William T. Vollmann |
Where the Ghost Bird Sings by the Poison Springs What's that smell? It's a teeming avian sanctuary� and a sump of troubled waters. It's a mess that we created� and a puzzle we can't solve. It's California's Salton Sea, a hypersaline lake that kills the very life it shelters... |
Adventure November 2005 Michael Benoist |
The Red Rock Roll Explore Utah's crowd-free canyonlands with this road-trip map, itinerary, and playlist. |
Smithsonian September 2007 Whitney Dangerfield |
Snapshot: Yangtze River A virtual vacation along China's mighty waterway. |
Real Travel Adventures December 2008 Neely & Neely |
Three Wonderful Weeks in China We chose to go to China just before the Olympics, when we thought prices would be still very good and it would not be so crowded yet every place would be clean and ready |
BusinessWeek June 9, 2011 Peter Heller |
The Mississippi River Flood and the Katrina Risk New Orleans and Baton Rouge are one breached levee away from Katrina-like devastation. Can the Army Corps of Engineers save them? |