A Field Guide to America’s Public Lands
America’s public lands may share a map, but they do not share the same purpose.
Yellowstone National Park | Beyond the Boardwalks
Yellowstone’s icons lived up to their reputation, but the moments beyond the boardwalks are what stayed with us.
Yellowstone National Park | Learning the Landscape
Yellowstone didn't make sense when we arrived. It slowly came into focus as we learned how its lakes, rivers, valleys, and mountains all fit together.
Jurassic National Monument
A quiet monument built around one of the strangest Jurassic fossil quarries in the West
Canyonlands National Park | Island In The Sky
A peek into the Island in the Sky district, where rims, benches, rivers, roads, and rock layers stack into one massive desert landscape
Arches National Park
Arches is crowded, famous, and photographed constantly. It is also still better in person than it has any right to be
Chimney Rock National Monument
A mesa-top ride into Chacoan history, sandstone pinnacles, and wide-open Colorado views.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
A sunrise climb to the highest point in Texas, where an ancient reef rises above the desert.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A descent into Carlsbad Caverns, where scale, time, and geology are harder to grasp than expected.