I love a bit of mud. From wallowing in the mud baths of Nha Trang in Vietnam to slathering myself in the stuff on the banks of the Dead Sea in Jordan, if there’s rejuvenating dirt to bathe in, I’m ...

From towering redwood forests to Mars-like scenery at record-breaking national parks, the Golden State is home to all kinds of landscapes. Its largest state park, Anza-Borrego, is known as one of the ...

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On a cold winter’s day in 1980, a group of recreational cavers entered a narrow, wet stream passage south of Knoxville, Tennessee. They navigated a slippery mud slope and a tight keyhole through the ...

I paused at the intersection of a well-used dirt road and a trackless, narrow passageway that seemed to lead nowhere. The path less traveled was calling me on. Standing at the southern edge of the ...

“It’s easy digging, but it’s scary as hell down there,” says Wes Devenyns, who is covered, helmet to boot, in mud. “What’s so scary?” his pals atop the dark entrance of the historic mine shaft ask.

A build up of mud and sediment in an “ancient cave” that gave way may be the cause of a massive sinkhole in an Alton Park, Mayor David Goins said Tuesday. Goins said that’s based on preliminary ...