Kim Brown Seely

Following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, the Great Smoky Mountains in spring are still alive with fireflies, fish, and elk. What the area needs now is tourists.

A couple embarks on an epic voyage across land and sea.

The power of a handwritten note is how it makes you feel.

Our kids were coming for Christmas, but it was the elk who stayed for dinner.

From whale watching to bunking at rustic-luxe resorts, here are six ways to embrace the remote wilderness that is British Columbia’s largest marine park.

A study links green spaces to lower hospitalizations

See the largest coastal temperate rainforest left on Earth.

Bits of white ice bob around our ship in the dark-blue sea, and every so often an iceberg floats by. It’s 5:30 am aboard National Geographic Resolution, but the sun hasn’t set all night. The vessel, on its inaugural voyage to the Arctic, glides silently up a bright fjord, and I’m up early – too excited to sleep – taking in the beauty while northern fulmars streak past like wingmen.