Up Your Om: 12 Incredible Yoga Retreats Worldwide
When it comes to building a stronger mind and body, yoga can be one of your best tools. A regular practice can reduce stress, improve fitness, and...
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The World's Most Thrilling Cliff Diving Spots
Cliff diving may seem like a simple sport—the kind of activity anyone can do. After all, you'll find most jump spots at laid-back beaches or carefree lakes....
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The Appalachian Trail, End-To-End In 46 Days
One out of every five people who attempt to hike the entire Appalachian Trail will finish the trail. Thru-hiking on the 2,100-mile trail normally takes 5 to...
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The Most Amazing Scuba Dives On The Planet
For most novice divers, the otherworldly world beneath the surface of the sea is fantastical enough in its own right. No major bells or whistles are needed...
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'Lost City' Discovered In Mexican Jungle
Not long after archaeologists discovered a lost city hidden in a remote area of Cambodia a similar find has been unearthed in Mexico as well. The settlement...
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America's Most Contaminated Beaches
Rochester's Lake Ontario waterfront may be nice to look at, but the water is often unsafe to swim in, earning Ontario Beach Park special mention in the...
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America's Nastiest Beaches—and The Cleanest!
You're in good company if Independence Day weekend means heading out to the beach for a little surf and sand, but you may want to check more...
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Scary Mosquito Species Spreads Up The East Coast
A potentially dangerous black-and-white-striped mosquito, the Asian tiger variety, is expected to continue its spread up the eastern seaboard this summer. This species is particularly troublesome due...
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The World's 15 Craziest Zip Lines
Pleasures don't come much simpler than a zip line. But something magical happens when you stretch a cable over a great span and glide—using only gravity and...
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Amazing Bonfires: The World's Biggest And Best
No kick-ass outdoor celebration is complete without a good bonfire. The s'mores, sing-alongs and talks shared until the last embers extinguish are what summer is all about....
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13 Brag-Worthy Mountains (Almost) Anyone Can Climb
At first glance, mountaineering seems, well, hard. There are howling winds and freezing-cold temps to contend with; the gear is expensive, and so is traveling to reach...
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The 13 Fittest Cruise Ships
Cruises are traditionally a dieter's worst nightmare, almost on a par with French fries, glazed donuts and supersized sodas. According to a survey of more than 1,200...
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12 Amazing National Park Campgrounds
Marked by jagged black rocks and oozing molten lava, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park boasts a notoriously rugged landscape. So it might come as a surprise just how...
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The 12 Best Places To Stargaze
On January 17, 1994, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Los Angeles, leaving 680,000 of the city's residents without power. That night, reports of a "giant, silvery cloud" in...
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On The Road: 5 Scenes From A Classic Western Road Trip
—One—Nevada. A few miles from the California line, heading into the setting sun, I have to put my hand up to shade my eyes, so bright is...
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My Best Hiking Partner Has Four Paws
My dog is the best dog in the world. Now, he hasn't always been that way. He's a springer spaniel-Labrador or a "springador," and he was the...
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The 15 Craziest Daredevil Stunts Ever
Last year, when Nik Wallenda strolled across Niagara Falls on a two-inch steel cable—becoming the first-ever do so—1,500 feet across, 200 feet above the frothing rapids of...
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Cowboys & Miners: Is This The Real West?
Frederick Jackson Turner's classic 1893 essay, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," argued that the frontier experience—the opportunity for unlimited expansion into "uninhabited" lands—shaped the...
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It's Not Easy Leaving Alaska
"We don't give a damn how they do it Outside!"As kids born into the 49th state, we didn't question this sentiment, which was often the only thing...
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Dad, Can We Keep The Rattlesnake?
It was a warm October afternoon, one of the few left before fall's cool temperatures sent the rattlesnakes slithering back to their ancient winter dens. The old...
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Looking Inside The Wolf Hunt
We're hunting wolves on an Arctic December morning in Montana, just north of Yellowstone National Park. Ryan Counts and Becky Frey lead me along a hillside above...
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Sightseeing On The Run: 12 Great City Running Tours
Name the toughest part about traveling (and, no, packing doesn't count). If you said sticking with your workout program, join the club.A whopping 50 percent of people...
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A Snowy Spring Can't Save The Southwest
On April 14, a Sunday, the Colorado ski resort Vail Mountain celebrated closing day in the invariable way: Skiers and boarders sported neon onesies and mullet wigs....
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Built To Thrill: 12 Crazy Man-Made Adventures
Especially now that summer's upon us, there's nothing quite like catching the wind in your hair, reaching out for the next rock hold high above the valley...
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The Greatest Survival Story, Brought Back To Life
David Roberts, a fomer world-class mountaineer and frequent contributor to The Active Times, knows the history of expeditionary-style exploration as well as any author alive. Not only...
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Recap: What Happened On Everest 2013
Mt. Everest is, once again, alone at the top of the world. As predictably as ever, the monsoon winds have swept in, closing the curtain on the...
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5 Preventable Mistakes New Hikers Always Make
Think going for a hike is just taking a walk outside? Not when you're headed into the wilderness it's not, though plenty of newbie hikers apparently think...
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