Shore Acres State Park in Coos Bay isn’t just another pretty face in Oregon’s lineup of natural wonders—it’s the coastal equivalent of finding an unexpected twenty in your winter coat pocket.

Plenty of people have tried to sell the cause of animal conservation to the rest of the world through films and books. Now, ...

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

The annual one-hour listening session — which spanned about 150 minutes Monday — is mandated in the agreement the City and Borough of Sitka signed when it sold the community-owned Sitka Community ...

In 1889, the British journalist Henry Morton Stanley stumbled out of the forests of Central Africa into the town of Katwe, a ...

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found ...

Steer’s awe-inspiring photographs capture contemporary views of life along a series of 1,500-year-old trade routes.

On a small island in the Aleutians, some place names from World War II are reminders of the hate and racism of that time. An ...

You'll also find entertaining offerings from cruise lines that call on smaller, less visited ports, like Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Sitka, Seward and Haines. While some tours cost less than $100 ...

And that’s despite the gloomy pall cast by a nearby Sitka spruce plantation. I long for the merry sound of chainsaws clearing away that unsightly crop to allow the sun’s return. Let’s cling ...

Beginning in the 17th century, the Nakasendo trail connected Kyoto and Edo, now modern-day Tokyo. Along this path, 69 ...