Urban wilderness takes some funky forms. And one of the funkiest bits of urban wilderness you’ll find in the entire borough of Brooklyn is on the shoreline of Newtown Creek — a staggeringly polluted ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — This week, I am revisiting a spot in Portsmouth that I took a walk at last spring: Paradise Creek Nature Park. While it was a cool park then, I made a mental note to come back when ...

Driving south from Morrison, you pass an intriguing pair of ponds called the Soda Lakes. For many years we said, “Someday we’ll explore those little gems.” That time came this past December, when we ...

Mirror photo by Colette Costlow / Adventurers walk along the paved road at Canoe Creek State Park while taking in their surroundings. HOLLIDAYSBURG — Relieving stress can be a walk in the park. On ...