No telling what a waterfall wanderer might say, inspired by a sparkling cascade in the wilds of the McIlroy Madison County Wildlife Management Area. "Well I'll be," could roll off the tongue, or ...

Sue Miley looks up from her Saturday morning coffee and out across her back yard. In the shade of a huge screened enclosure, water tumbles over a cairn of rocks into a fern-shaded spa and from there ...

California's swimming holes range from easily accessible lakeshores to hidden gems that require serious effort to reach. Most travelers stick to well-known swimming spots like the Big Sur River Gorge ...