The park stays light at all hours, with the longest day on summer solstice. True night returns in late August, so a September trip to Wrangell-St. Elias could give you the chance to see the northern ...

Visit in the fall and winter for fewer crowds ... Vibrant Cities, and the Blue Ridge Mountains This North Carolina Town Is Hosting a Gorgeous Chinese Lantern Festival With a 21-foot-tall Dragon ...

I traveled to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska for the chance to enjoy summer solstice and the park ... plane service like Wrangell Mountain Air. To reach the lesser ...

The UK’s once-vaunted seaside towns are experiencing a remarkable revival, clawing themselves back from the dark days of the ...

They are called bluestones because they look blue-grey when wet or freshly broken ... sometime between 2620 BCE and 2480 BCE. At the winter solstice, the setting sun would have shone between ...

Our summers are excellent for those who want to pack in as much as possible, with over 18 hours of daylight peaking on the summer solstice ... closer to the mountains. Within 18 minutes, we ...

Scientists first identified a vortex—a mass of whirling air or fluid—high above Earth’s North Pole in the early 1950s, and they later discovered that vortices appear every winter over both ...

It takes place around the summer solstice ... and mountain biking. The nearby Crow Creek Gold Mine offers a glimpse into the gold rush days, as well as the chance to pan for gold in the local creek!

If you’ve ever driven through the Blue Ridge Mountain range in Appalachia, you’ve probably seen the hazy hues that sweep across the distant peaks. The colors range from cerulean to robin’s ...

The ski season is ongoing at Jay Peak, Vermont, but the resort is already preparing for a unique event on The Summer Solstice, June 21, 2025. On the Solstice, it’ll unwrap an enormous mound of snow to ...