9+ hour, 4+ min ago   (333+ words) Visitors should save time for the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. The train runs beside the Arkansas River through the Royal Gorge, turning the canyon into a seated sightseeing trip. A slower afternoon can go to the Museum of Colorado Prisons,…...

9+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1134+ words) WorldAtlas Oregon has plenty of memorable, off-the-beaten-path towns for you to explore. Silverton has the Trail of Ten Falls, Cottage Grove boasts historic covered bridges, and Jacksonville's downtown storefronts are still standing from the 1850s gold rush. On the coast, Yachats…...

11+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1089+ words) WorldAtlas Fewer than 2,000 people live in Cannon Beach, and its median age sits above 60, which tells you something about the pace. Haystack Rock is the reason most couples come. The sea stack rises about 235 feet off the sand, close enough…...

11+ hour, 19+ min ago   (789+ words) WorldAtlas For every Gold Rush ghost town crumbling away out in the hills, a lucky few boomtowns beat the odds, banked their winnings, and stuck around for good. Some are small historic villages you can still wander through today; a…...

11+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1207+ words) WorldAtlas Colorado's silver rush left behind hundreds of tiny towns that stayed tiny. Most kept their Victorian storefronts and their populations under a few thousand. That is exactly what makes them so easy to fall for today. Silverton still counts…...

12+ hour, 4+ min ago   (650+ words) Zebra mussels feed by drawing water across their gills and removing suspended particles. Phytoplankton makes up a major share of that material. An adult may filter roughly one liter of water per day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Multiply that…...

13+ hour, 34+ min ago   (372+ words) Maryland packs a lot of geography into a small state. Cumberland sits under mountain ridges in the west. Ocean City runs a boardwalk along a barrier island. Annapolis has a working harbor. Emmitsburg looks out at the Catoctins. Eight main…...

14+ hour, 4+ min ago   (346+ words) Miami-Dade holds the highest hurricane risk score in the country, and Andrew demonstrated why in 1992, when 25,524 homes were destroyed, and another 101,241 were damaged. The disaster drove sweeping changes to South Florida's building codes. The county now maintains five storm-surge evacuation…...

16+ hour, 4+ min ago   (425+ words) A short walk up Main Street leads to Harbor Park at the center of town where annual festivals like the North Atlantic Blues Fest host live music to the waterfront. The main stage of the Rockland Maine Lobster Festival is…...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1044+ words) WorldAtlas Quirky small towns across the Southern United States are home to such oddities as giant frogs, wild white squirrels, haunted hotels, and even a 40-foot catfish. Early sightings of the mythical Mothman bring believers to Point Pleasant year after…...