While precious summer hours are slowly ticking away, fall-like weather may be nice enough to get outside on the weekends for weeks yet. In case you weren't paying attention, fall returns on Sept. 22. Everyone strives to make the most of the summer.

Cave City, the home to Mammoth Cave National Park, is giving visitors reason to stop and explore. Cave City in Barren County is home to Mammoth Cave National Park. Over the years, the city has gone from a place to pass through on the way to the cave to a ...

In the absolute darkness 333 feet beneath Tennessee's Cardwell Mountain, I am belly-crawling through a passage barely wider than my shoulders, headlamp cutting through blackness so complete it seems alive. The limestone presses against my back as I squeeze ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Hidden beneath Earth’s surface are caverns and pathways that hold the secrets of our planet’s very beginnings. Even after decades of exploration, there are still new ecosystems and signs of past lives yet ...

While precious summer hours are slowly ticking away, fall-like weather may be nice enough to get outside on the weekends for weeks yet. Are waterfalls on your list? What about caves? If they aren't, maybe they should be, because although northeast ...