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Isn’t it great when celebrities break away from their glam lives and do the outdoors things they (and we) love?  Henry Winkler, the award-winning actor made famous by his role as “Fonzie” on Happy Days, has been enjoying a fishing trip, tweeting photos of his catches with captions like: “I’m so happy,” “Lucky me! Pretty [...]

In this incredible survival story, Dougal Robertson, his wife Lyn, and the couple’s four children set out in 1972 on a sailing expedition, but the trip was cut short when their boat was attacked by orcas. They had been sailing for more than 18 months when Anne, the Robertsons’ oldest child, decided to take a [...]

Meet Vanilla, a 28-year-old chimpanzee whose life is starting to look up—quite literally. Vanilla started her life in a research facility in New York, where she was one of many chimps used for biomedical research. Things are turning around for Vanilla, and now she lives in a chimp sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida alongside 29 [...]

Just because you like having cell service and being within walking distance of a grocery store doesn’t mean you don’t want to get outdoors, right? If you’re looking to do some urban exploring and see some street art as the weather warms up in the Northern Hemisphere, here are great bicycle tours to do so. [...]

For decades, experts and explorers have disagreed on which river is the longest in the world. The two candidates are the Nile and the Amazon. To finally settle the debate, a bold expedition to measure the Amazon has been planned for 2024. Only about 10 people are known to have traveled the full length of [...]

Bear Grylls often encounters dangerous reptiles when he is in the wild, especially in the jungle. We have seen him interact with some particularly venomous and deadly snakes on his TV shows.  But as well as snakes, there are plenty of other dangerous creatures from the reptile family to avoid, including crocs, gators and lizards. [...]

Want to spend some time in the clear lakes and crisp natural waters of Minnesota? Stand up paddleboarding requires minimal equipment and training, it’s a very accessible pastime and a great way to enjoy nature. As Minnesota is known as ‘the state of 10,000 lakes’, it’s the ideal place to base ourselves while we explore [...]

Alice is a solo travel expert and has traveled to 6 continents and been to more than 30 countries. Some of her adventures include hitchhiking in South Africa, living in a forest in Bulgaria, solo island hopping in Greece, and riding in a hot air balloon across Cappadocia, Turkey. If your desktop background is Angkor [...]

If you live on the East Coast of the United States, you’ve probably driven on a section of U.S. Route 1 at some point, since it stretches from Maine down to Florida. When you take this road trip, you can start from any of the 14 states on the coast, as well as Washington D.C. [...]