What makes for a great place to live? Access to nature, a sense of community and culture on your doorstep can all help. So which towns make the cut?

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Dive into the heart of an age-old mystery where ancient trees rise higher than ever imagined, stretching toward the sky. What secrets lie within their trunks, and how has a grand machine with a rich ...

Nancy Curtis stands in front of the coast redwood in the front yard of a property she owns in west Olympia. The tree, ...

Drought currently threatens Tanzanian farmers, while off the coast in Zanzibar, commercial concerns may eat up ecologically ...

The 1,310-foot-tall pyramid-shaped hill is known as Cerro El Cono (meaning Cone Hill), and is located in Peru's Sierra del ...

The tropical rainforest of Sabah never ceases to amaze us! Besides its unparalled beauty of various rainforest landscapes and amazing biodiversity richness, the forest is home to the world’s tallest ...

A playdate between the world’s tallest and smallest living dogs went the way of most dog park encounters despite the 3-foot (0.91-meter) height difference — lots of tail wagging, sniffing and ...

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