NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday morning with no immediate signs of the government shutdown that is triggering the furlough ...

Buildings and sites that are locked to the public during off hours, including the underground caves at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico ... Others suggested travelers print out maps in ...

Buildings and sites that are locked to the public during off hours, including the underground caves at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico ... Others suggested travelers print out maps in ...

At Acadia National Park in Maine, would-be hikers in search of trail maps found empty receptacles outside ... There was no access to the caves or evening bat flights at Carlsbad Caverns in southern ...

Looking for an adventure that’s cool (literally) and completely out of the ordinary? The United States is home to some of the ...

Despite the federal government shutdown, most national parks have been ordered to keep their gates open with bare-bones staffing and limited visitor services. Park roads, lookouts, trails and open-air ...

Hidden deep in the mountains of Virginia is a world-famous cave system that has to be seen to be believed. Thankfully, there ...

At Carlsbad Caverns, the logjam meant the park and Visitors Center was closed during the funding cutoff.

Europe is rich in history, but its splendid castles, antique churches, and age-old ruins tell only part of the story. To dig even deeper in time – much deeper – visit a cave. Some of my favorites, in ...

Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila's Hair Museum. There also are strands of hair purported to ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. New Mexico's all-Democratic congressional delegation warned the first shutdown of the federal government in ...

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