Isla Blanca Park and Boca Chica Beach in South Texas are finalists in USA Today's poll for the best beach in Texas.

About 55,000 Los Angeles County workers are on strike, closing libraries and disrupting administrative operations across the ...

A legislative effort to ensure golf courses, pickleball courts and luxury lodges are never built in state parks has stalled in the Florida Senate.

The fun has begun in San Angelo. The Bosque on the Concho River is open. The scenic park is open Thursday through Sunday in ...

The Galveston City Council, after months of debate, voted unanimously Thursday to move the management of Seawolf and ...

Millions of U.S. troops fought in Vietnam. For some Americans, the war that effectively ended with the fall of Saigon 50 years ago Wednesday on April 30, 1975, continues to shape their lives.

With glacier-clad peaks rising almost vertically from thickly forested valleys, the North Cascades are often called the American Alps. The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades ...

For great hiking and views near San Francisco, head to this state park with misty redwood trails, plenty of campsites and cabins, and sweeping ocean vistas.

Texas' Great Plains and Gulf Coast offer lots of different natural sites and wildlife-spotting opportunities, and meet at ...