Our columnist shares his favorite desert destinations and tips to get far from the beaten path ...

Strangers from all over the country, with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and lifestyles, joined to backpack across Death ...

From a trail runner made for the toughest terrain to an app that literally forces you to "touch grass," this is the gear that ...

Richard Parker's "The Crossing" recenters American history through the lens of El Paso's role in its development.

The Cactus to Clouds ascent just outside Palm Springs, Calif., is grueling, but natural treasures, and a speedy trip down, ...

She went backpacking for three nights with strangers ... Outside my tent, which was pitched on the desert floor in California's Death Valley National Park, I heard a faint stomping in the backcountry.

Trump administration cuts to public land agencies spark concerns for summer travelers as staffing shortages loom.

From neon-lit cities to some of the oldest civilisations on Earth, from white-sand beaches to the highest mountains, no other ...

Recently, we asked IJ readers to share their good dates and the ones they’d, well, like to forget. Here’s what they had to ...

Fossils of this dinosaur were recently unearthed in Mongolia's Gobi Desert while a water pipeline was being constructed. Scientists say the Duonychus was a member of a group of "some of the ...