Washington State Department of Transportation closed State Route 165 Carbon River Fairfax Bridge after finding deterioration ...

Washington State Department of Transportation closed the Carbon River Fairfax Bridge. Now parts of the Mount Rainier National ...

In a huge blow to hikers, access to the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park has been closed, after the discovery of serious damage to an old bridge.

April through June is when the 5,000+ elevation areas on mountain slopes start to see blooms. Desert mariposa, blackbush, beavertail cactus, and desert fiddleneck wildflowers begin blooming around ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation declared an emergency closure of the century-old span near Mount Rainier's ...

From national parks to iconic symbols of freedom and democracy, these U.S. tourist attractions cannot be missed. America is a patchwork quilt of many different landscapes, cultures and sights ...

On a clear sunny day in the Seattle/Tacoma area of Washington State, the locals often remark “The Mountain is out.” Gaze eastward and you, too, will see The Mountain, a 14,410-foot-tall (4,392 meters) ...

Our neighbor to the north is sometimes seen as a rival, but we just love the outdoors, and there’s no question ...

I visited all the major US national parks and ranked them based on factors like beauty and crowd size. My favorites include Grand Teton and Acadia.

At the beginning of Not Heaven But Paradise, American and superficially Catholic ex-pat Paul Stewart is eagerly anticipating the arrival of a well-known American visual artist at his family home ...

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