From dormant volcanoes and salt pans to urban forests and library gardens, these are the places we go for peace and quiet.

Imagine standing in the heart of a sun-scorched desert. The wind hushes, the world holds its breath, and suddenly, a deep, ...

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Relive your favourite film memory with a road trip across California that begins in Los Angeles and ends in Mammoth Lakes ...

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This image, taken by Curiosity, shows a selfie in front of Mont Mercou, a 20-foot-tall rock formation on Mars. This image, captured by the HiRISE camera, shows a bear-like face on Mars, formed by ...

The announcement was made on the City of Sanibel's website on March 24. Over the past year the City of Sanibel has placed ...

Wearing a helmet and strapped securely into his four-wheel-drive, Abdelilah al-Rabea tore off across the Saudi desert, kicking up clouds of sand as a crowd of hundreds cheered him on. Every year ...

At sunset the drivers headed home, leaving behind splotches of oil on the sand and track marks scarring the dunes. But Amar said the gas-guzzling sport was not necessarily in conflict with nature.

At sunset the drivers headed home, leaving behind splotches of oil on the sand and track marks scarring the dunes. But Amar said the gas-guzzling sport was not necessarily in conflict with nature. "I ...

Mr. Cornish showed photographs of ripple-marks mimicking organic forms ... leaving the coarser materials arranged in ridge and furrow. Sand-dunes were built up by the wind on similar principles.

The 3,000-acre Silver Lake State Park features nearly three miles of shoreline and about 2,000 acres of dunes, plus forest, hiking trails, and campgrounds. You'll find soft sand for laying out and ...