In our fast-paced, goal-oriented society, walking is often viewed as a means to an end — a way to reach our 10,000 daily steps or burn those daily calories. However, cultures around the world have ...

The Walking Monks "Walk for Peace" cross-country trek will end in Washington D.C. Here's the route and when you can see them ...

The 500-mile Camino de Santiago has inspired a host of new treks in places from Canada to Bhutan that let travelers take the slow route. Here, a guide to the new trails. Hikers pause on the Island ...

“Nobody wants it. But everybody needs it.” Harold Lawrence, founder of travel insurer Go Walkabout, succinctly sums up his product. Every traveller planning a trip focuses on what can go right, not ...

Bears are shy animals who tend to hightail it out of the vicinity when they hear you and your brood approaching. Experts suggest wearing bells and jingling down the trail to give bears time to vacate ...

Access: Drive 4.5 miles west on Route 44 from Chepachet to the entrance for the George Washington Management Area on the right. Parking: Available for a few cars at a small turnout on the left side of ...

Ahead of next year’s 400th anniversary of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, the historian and author of “The Island at the Center of the World” offers a walking tour of often-overlooked Native ...