Instead, fill a butter dish with small, smooth river stones and water, and gently ease your cuttings into the pebble pile. They'll not only stand erect; they'll thrive in their new stony home.

Capt. Bill Heyn showed a reporter and photographer safety hazards in the Connecticut River due to the end of a channel-marking program.

To reach the animals, researchers broke open the rocks “with a hammer and pickaxe.” Take a look at what they found.

Sugarloaf Point SNA near Schroeder, Minnesota, is home to a pebble beach full of treasures. It's an agate hunter's paradise.

Pedernales Falls State Park is one of my favorite state parks in Texas because it offers a surprise. The falls are beautiful, ...

Recently unearthed fossils from the Cambrian period shed light on a key stage of evolution, when life became much more ...

Arizona's Grand Canyon might steal the spotlight, but the state's lesser-known canyons are just as worth visiting (while featuring fewer crowds).

Nestled in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, the Shalmala River winds through a forested landscape and reveals a surreal scene when water levels drop: thousands of Shiva Lingas, called ...

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (nps.gov/joda) is a bafflingly underexplored marvel of the state’s landscape. Only about three hours away from Portland, a visit offers the sublime experience of ...

After decades largely cut off from the world, Angola’s natural wonders are again ready for discovery. The southern African ...

Providence and Newport swim in attention from Rhode Island visitors, but there’s plenty to see beyond the city and the sea in the Ocean State. Here are five destinations, from quiet New England harbor ...

Our second stop on this year’s annual Live Community Coverage Tour brings us the "biggest little town in West Texas" ...