Hot-Air balloons decorate the sky with every color in the rainbow. Great Falls is located on the Androscoggin River, which joins the twin cities of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine. Three separate fields launch balloons, and it is a special treat to see them flying over the river and the bridges connecting...

Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world, and...

Monarchs are especially noted for their lengthy annual migration. In North America they make massive southward migrations starting in August until the first frost. A northward migration takes place in the spring. The monarch is the only butterfly that migrates both north and south as the birds do on...