Photographer Brian Kelley speaks with NPR's Sarah McCammon about "Parks 2," a new book packed with photos, memorabilia and essays about our country's national parks.

The trees aren’t as big as everyone says” and “I've seen better in video games.” Our national-parks columnist rounded up some scathing reviews of America's Best Idea.

For the past several years Hull, a resident of Layton, New Jersey, has fought with everything she has against a serious ...

Now the National Park Service is honoring her legacy with America’s newest national park, Frances Perkins National Monument ...

Yellowstone’s popularity overshadowed a relatively unknown Oklahoma national park. With so much competition, the park no longer exists.

Did you know the Great Smoky Mountains National Park gets about 10 million visitors every year? It’s the most visited ...

The National Park Service (NPS) has unveiled its list of free admission days for 2025. On these days, visitors will have the ...

To understand what Americans were dreaming about in 2024 you need only look to Google, which releases intel on trending U.S. searches in its annual “Year in Search” report. The data also tells ...

A federal shutdown of the Grand Canyon, one of the country's most visited national parks, would upset both tourists and the state's economy. How likely is it? Staff at national parks aren't ...

The nonprofit, called Folds of Honor, pitched courses that would memorialize the Tuskegee Airmen, Black World War II military ...

The national ... one of America’s greatest treasures. It spans the country’s most wild corners and important cultural heritage sites, balmy beaches and breathtaking mountains. Our parks ...