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Before work beats you down, escape to Oaxaca for vibrant parties, famous waves, and this beautiful beach refuge.
The 5 best ways to paddle, eat, and sail your way through "Vacationland" this summer
The country's latest luxury resort is surrounded by natural drama—from the night sky to the lava fields. Turns out, it's a pretty great place to unplug.
A collection of travel-inspiring images from July. Prepare to pack!
The days of the Homestead Act are over. But if you’re willing to be flexible, there are still ways to get cheap—even free—land.
Sometimes, the best things in life are the ones designed without a purpose. Case in point, the Hemloft: one of the coolest tree houses you’ll find, anywhere. A film by Dark Rye. …
Procrastinators are about to get the last laugh. Turns out you can save 10 to 40 percent if you book a hotel at the last minute through an app.
A GoPro can capture some amazing things, like this aerial wander through the Land of the Midnight Sun. Filmmaker Ben Sturgulewski captured this footage of the Last Frontier during the Summer Solstice with a GoPro Hero 3+ and a DJI Phantom 2 around Wrangell and Anchorage, AK. …
I'm nervous about rising ticket prices and added fees. Can I still travel regularly without breaking the bank?
As climate change threatens snowpack, ski areas are adopting a new survival strategy: Beefing up the summer fun.
The key to seeing the best of Iceland? Posting up in the middle of the action.
A visual breakdown of what makes for blissful travel—backed by science.
Travel down any dirt road in Iceland and you are bound to find an adventure. If you stay on that dirty road long enough, you’ll uncover what truly makes this tiny island in the freezing North Atlantic a marvel to behold. Iceland is not your typical vacation hot spot, but stroll along the desolate ranges of volcanic rock and you’ll see the real beauty that covers this land. A place where colossal glaciers inch toward the freedom of the Arctic Ocean after centuries of imprisonment on land, and where shallow rivers cut deeply into the canyons, enticing adventure seekers to uncover its hidden paths. We set out to capture the shadowy secrets of this surprisingly wondrous island. We traveled by air, land, and sea and found that no matter how much we thought we knew of this country, there was always something new down every path we took.
Los Alamos, New Mexico, wins Liveability's "Best Small Town" contest
Stay in a lodge that would make even Buddhists take back the material world
I want to explore the best of what nature has to offer. Where can I find some up-and-coming ecotourism sites?
The Balkan Peninsula's new megatrail is as much about imbibing culture as it is about bagging peaks. In his first dispatch from the trail, the author embarks on a 1,250-mile journey across six countries.
Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge is a naturalist's heaven in Volcanoes National Park
A video postcard from travel and photography blog Bitt-n.com about their recent adventure on New Zealand’s South Island. …
An excerpt from Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies examines the spaces between borders
Yeah, some of this is pretty obvious. But it's also just what you need to hear.
Once the home of Colorado's governor and now the home of Leadville's mayor, these Victorian suites offer adventure out the front door
A photo is only worth 1,000 words if you know how to capture the right one. These six programs can help.
A look at Outside’s 2014 Travel Award winning trail, the Via Dinarica, on the Balkan Peninsula. The trail’s main artery, called the “White Trail,” encompasses nearly 1,250 miles of trekking and runs across 8000-foot peaks and picturesque meadows from Slovenia to Kosovo. Writer and Adventurer Alex…
Most CrossFit affiliates across the country welcome out-of-towners who want to take part in the workout of the day—or WOD—making any vacation into a possible CrossFit vacation. But if you’re looking for a trip that specifically caters to people who like to spend their free time doing burpees, snatches, ring…
Channel your inner voyageur at the Burntside Lodge in Minnesota
These credit cards were made for those of us with a serious case of wanderlust. With the right piece of plastic, those everyday charges could land you major air travel bonuses.
If we’re actually concerned about climate change and our contribution to it, should we really be flying all over the world to visit places for fun? The simple answer is no. The International Council on Clean Transportation, a nonprofit that helps transportation industries around the world become more…
Tenaya Lodge offers family-friendly fun and easy access to California's most famous park
American Loneliness tells the story of filmmaker Mathieu Le Lay’s solitary journey into one of the most attractive areas on the planet: the American West. His journey consisted of a six week adventure backpacking through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Washington. From snowstorms in Yellowstone…
There's a reason exiles dreaded being packed off to Siberia. While retracing the path of a doomed 19th-century U.S. polar expedition in the Russian High Arctic, we encounter swarming mosquitoes, a few Kalashnikovs, an island lost in time, the burial site of ten brave men, and a haunting beauty like nothing we've ever seen.
Beat the crowds on the not-so-beaten path this summer in one of America's favorite national parks.
What happens when you give up on a conventional life and pack your family into an Airstream, with no destination in mind? You get to explore and rediscover America on your own terms, and create a new kind of home out of wandering. A short from Dark Rye,…
Five wild mountain ranges. Hundreds of miles of trails. Zero crowds. That’s what awaits visitors at the country’s newest Naitonal Monument in New Mexico. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks consists of four separate patches of the Chihuahuan Desert surrounding Las Cruces in southern New Mexico. Encompassing a half-million acres…
Long stretches of open road through some of the most beautiful areas of the country, peppered with wildlife sightings, adventurous detours, and good brews—it's so much more than getting from Point A to Point B.
Who says you can’t build a cabin out of glass?
Summer nights are worth staying up for at these 7 dark-sky parks
Seriously. Abbey Road Farm Bed and Breakfast offers an idyllic farm experience (plus llamas) in the outdoorsy paradise of Carlton, Oregon.
The Pennine Way, England’s first national trail, turns 50 this year. Even if it’s literally over the hill, the 268-mile route of rolling terrain is as popular as ever, especially this weekend. July 12 marks the annual National Trails geocache release, during which new coins…
Traveling light and fast up and down mountains—that’s the concept behind skyrunning, a sport that now boasts 200 races and 30,000 participants annually. In fact, the 2014 Skyrunning World Championships took place over the weekend in Chamonix, France. The event continued the valley’s reputation as a trail running mecca where…
A travel edit from filmmaker Brandon Li about sadness and beauty at the end of summer on Fraser Island. …
Sweating's divorced from everything chic...right?
On the Mount Rushmore of flight travel FAQs, this one sits between, “How do I get a free upgrade?” and “Where the blank is my luggage?” Although far from an exact science, picking the right time to book is now less of a guessing game thanks to new metrics and…
You may have found him in the pages of search books, but the fun doesn't have to end there.
It’s such a culinary contradiction: the great gourmet food of New England is usually served on paper plates and eaten at picnic tables by grownups wearing plastic bibs. Yet there’s no denying that the tastiest lobster served in Maine invariably comes from laid back hole-in-the-wall food shacks that line the…
Unlike the size of the fish you reel in, there's no need to exaggerate how nice these hotels are
The best lodging for skiers are close to the action but feel far away from it all. These are the perfect abodes to return to after carving up the slopes.
These oases of relaxation, adventure, mindful eating, and awe-inspiring views are going to be very popular once it's safe travel again. Until then, we can dream.
Herd in Iceland is a documentary about the annual round-up of the Icelandic horse. Each year, traditional herdsmen take to the back country to round up thousands of the country’s hardy horses, which have spent the summer grazing in the highlands. Filmmaker Lindsay Blatt filmed this valued tradition over the course…
Don’t waste time on trashy novels at the beach this summer. These new outdoor and adventure page turners prove yet again that true stories trump fiction for fun reads. Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art | (Courtesy of HarperCollins) By…
These ground-tested strategies will help you conquer every last weekend.
With the World Cup underway, the beautiful game is first in hearts and minds. But Brazil has another signature sport: jiu-jitsu. The martial art and self-defense method is based on grappling and ground fighting. It’s a finer art than just choking a dude out. Although hailing from Japan, the Brazilian…
