2022-06-06 Rafael Nadal Secures Place in History with French Open Championship
Spain’s Rafael Nadal won his 14th French Open championship over the weekend. It was his 22nd major tennis tournament victory…
2022-06-06 Japanese Man Becomes Oldest Person to Sail Solo Across Pacific
A Japanese man has become the oldest person to complete a solo, non-stop sailing trip across the Pacific Ocean. Eighty-three-year-old…
2022-06-06 Turkey Wants to Be Known as ‘Türkiye’
The United Nations confirmed earlier this month that it had accepted a request from Turkey to change the country’s official…
2018-07-03 America’s Birthplace: Independence National Historical Park
This week, our U.S. National Parks journey takes us to the eastern city of Philadelphia, an important place in American…
2017-02-10 National Parks Traveler Relives History in Southeastern US
American Mikah Meyer has an unusual goal. He wants to visit all of the more than 400 properties operated by…
2016-12-30 A National Park for the Father of Parks
The U.S. National Park Service has been celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016. Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th president, established the…
2016-12-23 There’s Something for Everyone at Olympic National Park
This week in our national parks journey, we explore a vast area with mountains, beaches, forests, and glaciers. The area’s…
2016-12-16 Voyageurs National Park: A Land of Lakes
The state of Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. Our national park this week protects four major…
2016-12-09 Petrified Forest National Park: Ancient and Spectacular
This week on our national parks journey, we travel to the southwestern state of Arizona. There, we find a strange…
2016-12-02 Virgin Islands National Park: America’s Paradise
This week on our national parks journey, we leave the United States mainland and travel down to the Caribbean. There,…
2016-11-25 Glacier Bay: A Land Reborn
This week in our travels through America’s national parks, we revisit the state of Alaska. The northernmost state is home…
2016-11-18 Risks and Rewards at Zion National Park
The state of Utah is home to five major national parks. They are among the most famous parks in the…
2016-11-04 Underwater Exploration at Biscayne National Park
This week on our national parks journey, we head to southern Florida. Here, you will find blue-green seas, marine wildlife,…
2016-10-28 Mammoth Cave: Grand and Gloomy
This week on our national parks journey, we head to the southeastern state of Kentucky. Here you will find rolling…