Alex Schnee

Several of the United States’ National Parks are adopting or continuing their ticketing systems this year. Here’s what you need to know before planning your trips to “America’s best idea.”

It was at a brewery with our tour guide that I heard the bus where Chris McCandless—the ill-fated American nomad and subject of Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction book Into the Wild—was available to visit in Healy, Alaska. I had read Into the Wild in college when I was first starting to consider the type of life … Continued

Overwhelmed by rising attendance, national parks are grappling with how to both cater to visitors and protect their lands.

I thought my relationship with my otherwise perfect partner ended after hiking in Guatemala, but as it turns out, it was just the beginning of our life outside.