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Mexico’s Wild West is best seen from two wheels

Hawaiian native athlete, model, and writer Chelsea Yamase's favorite picks on everything from waterfall hikes and snorkeling spots to poke bowls and shave ice

Don’t get us wrong: Disneyland is great. But here are ten reasons your kids will dig a trip to Mammoth Lakes even more.

In the wake of the widely publicized near-failure of the country’s tallest earthen dam last month, locals in Oroville, California, are wondering how to leverage the disaster as a tourist attraction

From the coolest hikes to watch the fog roll in to the best place to buy fresh flowers, photographer Meg Haywood Sullivan has the city dialed

Visiting the Colorado outdoor mecca and want to hone your climbing skills? Here's where to start.

Love is in the air. So get out there.

The cure for the midwinter blues? Get a good group together and head to the Granite State.

Sure, the Great Lakes have a lot to offer when it comes to recreation, but the region still doesn’t make many surfing or fishing bucket lists. But for those willing to fight the weather, there’s plenty of feisty winter steelhead and freshwater waves to be chased, all in the same weekend.

The ultimate guide to family fun in New Hampshire

Flagstaff, Arizona has great riding for beginners and pros alike

The area in and around this mountain town is a supreme outdoor playground

For pro mountain bikers Scott Countryman and Alex Pavon, Flagstaff is the place they're proud to call home

At New Hampshire’s ski resorts, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for, whether that’s winding trails, cozy fires, or the perfect spot for an après drink.

You’ve Never Seen Utah Like This

Our northern neighbor's national parks are pretty damn awesome—and accessing them in 2017 will be completely free

There’s more to be gleaned from the city’s white-sand beaches than a deep tan

Our Latin American neighbor remains the last bastion of total freedom outdoors

Take your pick from yoga retreats in Tulum, farm-to-table bounty in Baja, Pacific surf, and tequila from the source in Guadalajara

In Guadalajara, mariachi echoes through the streets, tacos are a staple provision, and barrels of tequila are made at the nearby Patrón Hacienda.

The best runs, rides, climbs, and places to refuel in the Windy City

This summer, photographer Fredrik Norrsell and his wife Nancy Pfeiffer set out to explore a simple question: Could they live solely off the land for three months? The pair covered 566 nautical miles in Southeast Alaska in sea kayaks, surviving off whatever they captured or found. Between fresh crab and salmon, and foraged mushrooms and other vegetation, the couple lived like kings. Here, Norrsell explains how they did it.

The best runs, rides, climbs, and places to refuel in the city that never sleeps

Luckily for you, these involve no slot machines—only glassy waters for paddling and natural playgrounds for climbing

Fit in a last-minute camping trip at one of these iconic parks before summer ends

Where the pros go

How does a city turn itself from a backwater to one of �����ԹϺ���'s Best Towns? Libby, Montana, is trying to figure it out.

Looking for a road-trip excuse? the Atlantic and Gulf coasts have some of the best oysters in the country.

Dixie is bursting with adventures, hip breweries, and a new river to raft (we’ll explain). And it hasn’t lost any of its down-home charm.

We talked to climbers, Olympic mountain bikers, musicians, and award-winning chefs about what exactly makes their hometowns so special and fun

Admirality Island has more brown bears than the entire lower 48 combined

From scenic singletrack to family-friendly hiking trails, the Mountain State is home to hundreds of homegrown adventures

The city has taken a turn toward smart development, livable neighborhoods, and high-energy amenities.

For close to the price of a TRD Off Road, you can get the best Taco ever

It's Canada’s take on California—hip coastal cities, rugged alpine terrain, and huge ocean swells—but without the tech bros and traffic jams

They know their coffee, beer, yoga, and outdoor boutiques. We've picked the highlights.

Nobody knows the state's 600-plus streams and rivers as well as backcountry fishing and Lahontan cutthroat trout expert Steve MacMillan

Everything you need to know to get there

10 reasons more than a dozen elite athletes call this high-altitude adventure playground home

For long-distance trail runners looking to play like antelope, it is heaven with a hydration vest

Grab a wetsuit and a paddleboard, and hit the little-visited lakes on the park's western edge

A three-day, 33-mile canoe float through Boquillas Canyon, the farthest-flung and mellowest route in the park

The best way to see a Yellowstone few people ever do

At Death Valley’s Furnace Creek Inn, it looks like you’re on the moon but feels like you’re in heaven

Get lost, in a good way

Here are a few of our favorite things about all it has to offer

The 100-mile stretch along the Gulf Coast is full of adventure

Will Jackson, Wyoming, or Billings, Montana, be chosen as the Best Town in America? It's time to vote.

Visiting Catalina Island is cheap, easy, and epic

We put together a bracket of our 64 favorite towns in the country. See how your pick stacked up.

Three days, sixty rides, and as much beer as you can (safely) drink

The 10 best spots in Mammoth Lakes to capture ​epic photographs

With its high peaks and pristine forests, there are few places more beautiful for cycling than Rocky Mountain National Park

Think you live in the best town in America? Prove it by entering your town in our Best Towns tournament. All you need is an Instagram account.

The city gets a bad rap: flat, boring, concrete. The flat part? That’s true. But the rest couldn’t be more wrong.

The 60 towns that will go head-to-head in a winner-takes-all contest to find the best place to live in 2016

Best Towns 2016: Prize Details and Official Rules

Baja: The ultimate weekend escape. And it’s way easier than you think to get here.

Whether you’re refueling after a dawn patrol or heading out for a day of on the snow, here’s where to dig into some of the best breakfasts in the mountains

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Want to find the crowd-free surf of yesteryear? Drive from Los Angeles to Baja, load five days of gear onto a SUP, and haul ass through thick fog, screaming seagulls, and open ocean to the rocky, big-wave coast of Todos Santos.

Unlimited access for big-tired bikes

Five tips for photographing the nighttime sky

Park ranger Kelly Carroll turned the Great Basin into Nevada’s biggest show of stars

In burgs recognized for an abundance of adventure, these are the winning places that will set you up for everything

Two days in the city should be enough to convince you to make the move

Off-the-charts home values are turning countless adventure hubs into fiefdoms of the wealthy—but they aren’t going down without a fight

A river- and mountain-loving town took home the top prize (again) in our 2015 contest.

Two towns bonded over their Best Towns rivalry

Bushwhacking, pack rafts, and a historic float down one of the world's most beautiful wildernesses.

These places may not have won our Best Towns competition, but they're still pretty rad

Staring in April, we asked you to use a certain hashtag to nominate towns for the wild-card segment of our Best Towns 2015 contest. You did, and kept going—as of right now, there are over 7000 images with the hashtag #BestTowns2015. In no particular order, these are 50 of our favorites.

Use this interactive map to create a road trip through every burg from this year's contest

Even if these 12 towns didn’t make it to the Best Towns 2015 contest, they still stood out above the dozens of other wild-card entries.

You don't have to live in a mountain town to pursue a life of adventure. Presenting the life-changing strategies urban dwellers can adopt to play harder.

The untouched sections of forest, orca whales, salmon runs, and curling waves inspired Jeremy Koreski's latest project, This is Nowhere, a collection of photographs in which he reminds us that beauty exists in places we can’t easily see or access, and that it’s worth saving.

The province has it all, from wildlife and rainforests to bike parks and wild rivers

Photographer Jimmy Chin and �����ԹϺ���'s Grayson Schaffer on what will surely become a rite of passage for future generations: the Instagram road trip.