This story appears in the December 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Assateague Island National Seashore, which sits on a 37-mile-long sliver of land just off the coast of Maryland and ...

Sandbars swirl beneath Oregon Inlet in Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Waves driven by ocean winds can cause the sandbars here to shift and change literally by the ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Bradley mused that the seashore was the “nervine cureall” for those “whose nerves were shattered by too close ...

This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Photographer Brian Skerry, who has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater exploring the world’s oceans with a camera ...

You don't have to pay to explore Cape Hatteras National Seashore, but fees are required should you wish to climb Cape Hatteras Lighthouse ($8 to $10 for adults and $4 to $5 for children younger ...

Kennedy designated the east shore of the Outer Cape a national ... you to explore, the historic Highland Lighthouse and two helpful visitor centers that are worth a pit stop. Plus, the seashore ...