Towering above the redwood-lined Highway 101 in Northern California stands a 49-foot lumberjack forever frozen in a friendly wave, his massive blue bovine buddy faithfully positioned by his side.

Good luck finding solitude at the best-known Minnesota state parks on a summer weekend. There are the people trying to find ...

Road-trippers often make it their mission to visit all the surviving drive-through trees, creating their own “hole in tree” tour of Northern California. Each location has its distinct personality and ...

One of the world's tallest trees, located in Oregon's Coast Range mountains, somehow caught fire and is continuing to burn.

As students across California return to the classroom, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and California State Parks are ...

In 1927, $5 million from the richest man in America - equivalent to $92 million today - secured the Great Smoky Mountains’ future as a national park.

But on Saturday, a new chapter begins. Coast Dairies, a breathtaking 5,843-acre property more than five times the size of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, will finally be open to the public.

Explore U.S. state parks offering summer adventures as spectacular as national parks, from waterfalls to wild coastlines.

OKLAHOMA CITY — People who visit six state parks in Oklahoma won’t be able to eat at park restaurants, at least for the foreseeable future. Officials at the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation ...

After visiting 24 national parks in the U.S., contributing writer Latria Graham meditates on their complex legacy—and ...