If you string together all of Norway's fjords, bays, and island shores, you'd get 63,000 miles of coastline. That's enough to circle the world more than two and a half times. That's a lot of coast!...

Everlasting days with festivals to celebrate the sunlight to be undisturbed by the dark can be found if you head way up north. Here are some of the best spots to bask in the midnight sun for a mont...

Once home to only Viking clans, the Lofoten Islands in Norway are now accessible by road, train, boat, plane, and even helicopter. But however you get there, you’re sure to be blown away by their p...

Anchorage may be Alaska’s largest city, but that doesn’t mean the frontier is far off. Anchorage is a modern city surrounded by spectacular wilderness and filled with outdoor adventures and urban a...

Globetrotters should know that the Iceland weather can be very unpredictable before planning a vacation to the country. Although the nation has distinct seasons, even in the summer there is a good ...

The coolest destination on Earth, literally, Antarctica is the last great wilderness.

With more than 60,000 square miles of water, it’s no surprise that Nunavut is an angler’s paradise. With lake trout as big as your arms, plentiful arctic char and trophy-sized pike, you may need a ...

They don’t call it the Great White North for nothing. Winters in upper Canada are some of the most brutal and extreme on the planet, and it’s not uncommon for the thermometer to dip all the way dow...

It's technically the first day of spring, yet it's 20 degrees in Chicago. So why on Earth would I start thinking about going somewhere even cold, you ask? Because the prime Greenland and neighborin...

Where there is urban society, there is a campsite nearby to escape it. And it’s no wonder: camping is a tried-and-true recreation, beloved by people of all ages. In the U.S., it is the baseball of ...