Just imagine the looks on your friends’ faces when you casually mention, “Oh yeah, I went for a swim in a secret emerald pool ...

The wilderness sparks my imagination. When I enter this area of the woods, sometimes I envision the boulders as slumbering ...

The inspiring story of Donn Fendler, the 12-year-old boy who survived a nine-day-long trek through the Katahdin Wilderness ...

DETROW: That was an excerpt of the new podcast "How Wild" from KALW Public Media. You can listen to "How Wild" wherever you get your podcasts. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

About 3,000 people attempt the entire distance of the 2,198-mile Appalachian Trail every year. Only 1 in 4 make it. It took ...

Wilderness is balm for the soul. The “real” world feels so fast, artificial and devoid of any real meaning. Only here do I ...

The boy's peril sparked a massive search and was the focus of newspaper headlines and nightly radio broadcasts.

I currently live less than two hours from Grand Teton National Park. Every year, I try to make multiple trips to this bucket-list-worthy destination for a day ...

No, it’s not Middle Earth – it’s Baxter State Park, Maine’s crown jewel of natural beauty. Nestled in the heart of Maine’s North Woods, Baxter State Park is a 209,644-acre wonderland that feels like ...

The movie based on Donn Fendler's classic survival memoir "Lost on a Mountain in Maine" hit theaters on Friday.

In the tradition of “Death of a Salesman,” “The Assassination of Trotsky” and “Penn and Teller Get Killed,” “Lost on a ...