On the rocky beach below Portland Head Light in Fort Williams Park in Maine, visitors have built dozens of cairns. The spindly stacks of stones, balanced precariously on boulders, echo the height of ...

Sunset Bay’s beach is open for swimming from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with lifeguards on duty daily, but often, the biggest crowds come after the sun goes down to enjoy the nightly entertainment.

Gravity-defying stacks of stones were created at the first European Stone Stacking Championships. Competitors from across the UK, France and Spain took part in the contest at Dunbar last weekend ...