For 48 hours, Sara Keenan had no smartphone and no contact with the online world.

Across the American West, former mining settlements stand frozen in time, offering visitors a glimpse into the rise and fall ...

Susan Aikens was alone at Kavik, Alaska, preparing to hunker down for the winter, when the juvenile bear leapt on her as she was fetching water from the river ...

Nina Russell and Mainak Ghosh met at a literary club at Yale. They wouldn’t become a couple until more than a decade later.

Abandoned towns, mountain silence, and forgotten stories reveal Colorado’s most haunting and beautiful places to explore.

David Mead is justifiably remembered as the founder of Meadville, where he arrived on May 12, 1788 with a band of nine other pioneers, according to a history of Crawford County published in 1885. As ...

Deep Thoughts” Despite its ethereal quality, director Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams” has a plot. At the center of the story is Robert Grainier, a shy man when we meet him, without a past and of ...

After moving from the St. Louis area to Springfield in Missouri, mathematics and psychiatry professor Richard Aiken and his family were on the lookout for a new home to live in. His dream was to ...

Over 100 hiking trails provide endless opportunities for outdoor recreation. The mild climate allows for year-round ...

William Henry Harrison was born Feb. 9, 1773, in Berkeley County, Va., on a plantation along the James River during the American Revolution. His father, Benjamin Harrison V, was a ...

The weather adds to the relaxing vibe – mild four-season climate without the scorching heat of southern Arizona. Locals enjoy ...