adventure travel

Adventure seekers in search of Texas-sized thrills can find them in the Lone Star State by riding a zip-line. View seemingly infinite prairies, lush forests and bustling metropolises from a unique vantage point while zipping high over…

Adventurous travelers looking to combine the remarkable treehouse experience with coastal views have just a few places to go in the United States -- and they're in Big Sur, California. This hilly town on the western edge of the country…

Charter boat regulations are nationwide and issued by the U.S. Coast Guard. Before you open your own charter boat business, or apply to work for a company on its boats, you must meet these requirements. A charter boat captain is…

Survivalists teach the art of existing in the wilderness utilizing just a few supplies. One key element to this craft is the ability to start a fire with flint and a bit of steel. Creating fire with flint is not an easy project. It takes…

Both tour packages and cruises are all-inclusive vacations that take the planning headache out of travel. You decide what part of the world you want to see and let another person plan everything. You can find tours and cruises that are…

Arizona lawmaker Jeff Flake decided to get as far away as possible from his congressional colleagues and spent a week on an uninhabited speck of land in the Marshall Islands. He was armed with little more than salt, pepper and sunscreen…

Texas has hundreds of thousands of acres of open land, making the Lone Star State an ideal place to get your Jeep muddy on some of its thousands of miles of trails, both on public and private property. If you are taking your Jeep…

When water temperatures along Florida's coast fall below 68 degrees, manatees head inland to find warmer waters where they can bask throughout the winter. In springtime, the manatees return to coastal areas, lingering around the shoreline…

The Dallas area is a part of the larger Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington metropolitan area, the fourth biggest of its kind in the United States and is the economic heart of the North Texas region. The city of Dallas is the center of the…

About 100 parks exist in the Texas state parks system, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The department divides the state into seven regions, incorporating 270,000 square miles of geological diversity: Panhandle plains,…