In August 1973, I backpacked the Appalachian Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with two of my buddies, Ken and Ray. The three of us, all starving college students, planned to hike the entir ...

Before trailblazing Japanese photographer George Masa captured the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains, where did his love of ...

Roads that had gradually begun to reopen after a major snowstorm have closed again due to icy conditions. See which roads are closed as of Feb. 6.

Here are 12 of the most beautiful national parks in the U.S.

It takes some effort to hike there, but this once abandoned tower in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is worth the ...

From catching Yosemite’s Firefall to biking a car-free Going-to-the-Sun Road, these national park experiences only happen ...

Great Smoky Mountains warns visitors as snow and ice keep at least ten park roads closed and travel conditions hazardous.

Local parks often form the recreational backbone of a community, and this small regional park near the Smoky Mountains makes for a great weekend outing.

Alabama’s most romantic place to go, according to Travel and Leisure, also happens to be home to its highest. The travel website recently released a list of most romantic places to go in each state, ...

As we go through the cave, you’ll see markings left by the cave’s early visitors. We call that ‘historical graffiti.’ If you do it, it’s called ‘a federal offense.’ ...

The list reads like a celebration of small-town America, with the largest place on it topping out at just over 50,000 ...