The towering spires and ramparts of Pinnacles National Monument are a big pocket of surreal, as if they fell from an imaginary world onto these ... more

So much about travel can be humbling. It might be a mountaintop vista, an achingly lonely desert, a particularly resilient culture or, in my case, ... more

Q:I've been booking hotel rooms through Hotwire recently, and I've been quite pleased with the site - until now. The last hotel charged a $25 ... more

Paul Padia and Alexandra Echery, San Francisco We went because: We were celebrating 40 years on Earth, and I guess we had something to prove ... more

1 Australia: After three campers were bitten by dingoes in recent weeks on Queensland's Fraser Island, rangers closed two campgrounds in an effort to keep ... more

It is 5 a.m. and you find yourself as light as a feather with the breeze blowing under your trembling limbs. Suddenly the dreaded "beep, ... more