Alexandra Gillespie is a freelance journalist who covers scuba diving, underwater wildlife, and travel. Her work has appeared in media outlets including Outside, National Geographic, Scuba Diving, and ...

Spending time at one particular Palm Beach County waterfront oasis, complete with sugar-sand beaches and picture-perfect sunsets, conjures lines from a popular Weezer song. That essentially sums up ...

Skip the throngs of tourists in other parts of the Outer Banks by camping on this unassuming island that boasts a fascinating ...

If you know where to look (and if you have access to a boat), there's a stunning natural escape in the Pacific Northwest with ...

This Canadian national park is situated in the world's largest freshwater island chain. It offers beautiful opportunities for ...

Trisha Kraker wakes up in the morning, opens her door, walks down her stairs and steps right into sand. She looks up and there it is — the Atlantic Ocean. For this, she pays less than $40 a night.

Trudging up the steep, cactus-lined trail to Ballast Point on Catalina Island off Southern California, the views of the Pacific and a pair of scenic harbors below were becoming increasingly epic.

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Camping is one of the main attractions to Huntington Beach State Park which has two spacious campgrounds with amenities and access to the beach and all park features. Matt Richardson Hilton Head ...

Point Bennett is a spit of sand and rock and crumbling cliffs, stretching out about a mile in front of us before trailing into the Pacific Ocean. We lie on our bellies at the lip of a sand dune, ...