The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run. Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder and leader of the Church of ...

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Grand Canyon National Park is preparing an adaptive approach for the seasonal reopening of the North Rim, evaluating ...

Covering up Donald Trump’s face on an America the Beautiful pass may come with an extra cost at national park entrance gates this year. The Department of the Interior recently updated its “Void if ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff ...

From Yosemite’s Badger Pass to little-known slopes in Washington State and Ohio, three parks offer a rare chance to ski ...