A memorial cemetery sits on Santa Monica Beach

Santa Monica, Ca. Photographs.

Third Street Promenade Sign Jinky's Cafe Third Street Promenade Santa Monica Pier Yacht Harbor sign Santa Monica Pier view with parking lot Arlington West View 3 Arlington West View with Sign Arlington West Placards 2 Arlington West View 12 Celebrity cutouts on Santa Monica Pier 1 Santa Monica Beach view 1 Santa Monica Beach view 3 Santa Monica Beach view 6 Megan, Stina on beach 3 Santa Monica Pier view 1 A memorial cemetery sits on Santa Monica Beach

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Adopted by Kiwis in Chilean Patagonia.

Hiking the Torres del Paine Circuit on another family's vacation.

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Understanding the post-feminist ethos of roller derby.

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How to win your ex-girlfriend back (in Honduras)

A Central American love story.

A cable car hangs overhead as a hiker adjusts his tent (photo by Brian Leukart)

Trekking the Graveyard of the Pacific.

Brothers tackle dangerous surge channels on the West Coast Trail.

The McKinley River with tens of braids in the distance

Accepting Wet Feet.

A harrowing attempt at crossing the McKinley River in Denali National Park, Alaska.

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Bicycling to nowhere.

The peculiarity of studio cycling and Los Angeles gym culture.

New Hampshire's Cornish-Windsor Bridge, the longest two-span wooden covered bridge in the world.

Attack of the Chipmunk Serial Killer.

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Santa Claus (a.k.a. Brian) dons a Santa suit on the Grand Canyon's South Kaibab Trail.

Santa Claus snowshoes the Grand Canyon, rim to rim to rim.

Brothers tackle a classic trek with magical, holiday cheer.

A sign warns trespassers at the boundary of Area 51 as security officers in a truck keep watch from a ridge.

Searching for UFOs near Area 51.

A travel guide to America's most mysterious military base.

A view of Half Dome in the Yosemite Valley, seen from Glacier Point

Living Yosemite.

After climbing Half Dome, I can't bear to leave Yosemite.

A zebra and her newborn baby stand together in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve.

Goodman, my good man! What is that zebra doing?

Witnessing a zebra birth in Botswana, Africa.

A hiker gazes at the canyon walls of Buckskin Gulch.

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Hiking the world's longest Slot Canyon with a boy made of paper.

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New York.

Being mannequin-sized can come in handy.

Seattleites commandeer Olive Ave. for use as a huge sledding hill.

Normandy, France.

Time traveling to D-Day.

Disneyland at night as seen from behind the statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse near Main Street

Disneyland.

Magical romance and going it alone.

New Hampshire's Cornish-Windsor Bridge, the longest two-span wooden covered bridge in the world.

New England.

A five-year college reunion.

Crater Lake, in the Cascade Mountains in Southern Oregon, lies in a collapsed volcanic basin.

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