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Watch Stunning—and Slightly Terrifying—Drone Footage of the World’s Tallest Waterfall

Kerepakupai-Merú, a.k.a. Angel Falls.

Watch Stunning—and Slightly Terrifying—Drone Footage of the World’s Tallest Waterfall

11 Facts About Great Smoky Mountains National Park

America's most-visited national park.

11 Facts About Great Smoky Mountains National Park

11 Facts About the Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains have a long, fascinating history.

11 Facts About the Appalachian Mountains

15 Unexplored Corners of the Earth

Volcanoes in Kamchatka, Russia.

15 Unexplored Corners of the Earth

San Marino, a European Microstate, Just Became the Smallest Country Ever to Win an Olympic Medal

Alessandra Perilli with her bronze medal after the trap-shooting finals on July 29, 2021.

11 Facts About the River Thames

An aerial view of the river Thames at sunset.

11 Shipwrecks That Haunt the Great Lakes

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

11 Facts About Acadia National Park

Bass Harbor Lighthouse at Acadia National Park.

11 Landmarks 'Built' by Paul Bunyan

Who needs nature when you have Paul Bunyan?

The Current That Carried Shipwrecked Sailors Across the Pacific

The Kuroshio Current colliding with the Oyashio Current.

10 of the World's Oldest Temples

Egypt’s famous Luxor Temple is one of the world’s oldest temples.

Accidentally Wes Anderson Is a Travel Book That Brings the Director's Pastel-Colored World to Life

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The 10 Longest Place Names in the World

It would be hard to fit the world's longest place name onto this small sign.

Advancing the Stone: Belgian Farmer Accidentally Invades France by Moving a 200-Year-Old Border Marker Onto French Land

Who among us hasn't altered international borders?

America's 10 Most Visited National Parks

Sunrise at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Celebrate National Park Week by Winning a $10,000 National Park Adventure

It's time you saw Zion National Park's Narrows in person.