These 6 small towns offer peaceful escapes and unique attractions without the big-city stress! Marfa might be the quirkiest little town you’ll ever visit in West Texas. This tiny desert community has ...

The largest national park in Texas is urging visitors to plan and prepare for Thanksgiving week, the busiest time of the year ...

Few visit this part of the Lone Star State, but spectacular scenery and a warm welcome awaits those that do, writes Will ...

Winter is a surprisingly great time to explore some of America's best national parks, because the crowds are up to 90 percent ...

According to the National Park Service, visitors report more than 150 mountain lion sightings at Big Bend National Park each year. Mountain lions—also known as cougars—are elusive and typically found ...

The Big Dipper, Orion, the Milky Way — oh my! Visions of gazing at the stars in awe with my three sons and my husband danced in my head as we finished cleaning up the dinner we’d just had at our ...

The federal government’s $4.5 billion "Smart Wall" project will add hundreds of miles of high-tech border security, including detection systems through Big Bend National Park. Homeland Security ...

I had come to Big Bend National Park, Texas, for the solitude, the sweeping desert views and the hope of spotting a black bear. It was a six-hour drive from El Paso airport, a journey through vast ...

Border walls and new surveillance technology could be coming to the greater Big Bend region and the rest of Texas’ southern border as part of a sweeping “Smart Wall” plan announced by the Trump ...

The ongoing government shutdown has severely impacted national parks across the country – leaving park rangers with skeleton crews, halting crucial conservation work, and elevating concerns about park ...

When planning your bucket-list adventure at one of our country's amazing national parks, it's important to designate a "home base" that's just as awe-inspiring as its setting. Whether that means ...