Roswell, New Mexico, may be best known for being a quirky town with UFO museums and outlandish landmarks. It's even home to one of the world's most unique and most visited McDonald's that is shaped ...

Set at the base of the snow-capped Rockies in Northwestern Montana, sparkling Whitefish Lake is incredibly scenic. And whether you choose to join the crowd at City Beach in Whitefish (where you can ...

On the hottest, sunniest day of Memorial Day weekend, the Fort Worth swimmers flinging themselves via trapeze into the cool water of Burger’s Lake are an indication that already summer is in full ...

Warm weather doesn't always mean warm lakes, and while summer in Michigan is approaching, residents planning their next trip to one of the Great Lakes should wait a little longer before jumping in.

The Ohio Department of Health, in conjunction with local health departments, monitors dozens of beaches along the Lake Erie shore, as well as inland lakes, for E. coli bacteria, which is often present ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Images: Akaradech Pramoonsin—Getty Images, Gary Yeowell—Getty Images, Mariia Siurtukova—Getty Images, Mariakray/Getty ...

August is the best time of the year to take a dip in Lake Michigan, when its waters hover in the balmy upper 60s. Experts say so, and Chicago’s crowded beaches offer proof. But an invisible hazard can ...

"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness and outdoors intern Mariah Johnston talk about how to swim, boat and fish in the waters of Crater Lake National Park for the last time ...