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An aerial view of a long wooden pier and turquoise bay on the San Luis Obispo coast

Beaches Abroad: San Luis Obispo, California

Take the long way through San Luis Obispo County, from quiet beach towns and coastal trails to wine country and a slice of olallieberry pie.

A four-wheel-drive vehicle on a wet road in Point Washington State Forest. Photo: Dawn Whitty.

10 Ways to Spend Winter on 30A

Quiet trails, beach bonfires, and afternoons with nowhere to rush. Ten ways to enjoy 30A in winter, whether you’re here for the music or just a...

Bandon Dunes, Oregon, with sea mist rolling across the fairway

Nice View. Tough Shot: 8 Coastal Golf Holes

Eight golf holes with a very good view and a few things to keep you honest, from Pebble Beach to the shores of Choctawhatchee Bay.

A red warning flag flies over a crowded stretch of Gulf beach

Surf, Rescue, Repeat

Inside South Walton's elite lifeguard force - the 500-meter swim that weeds most people out, the flag system that saves lives, and the day on the...

Florida's Famous Sugar Sand

Both sets of my grandparents lived in Northwest Florida, so I grew up visiting the beach every summer. I remember big family breakfast cookouts at the...

One of the faces in Alaqua's photo archive

Alaqua Rising: The Laurie Hood Story

Laurie Hood went looking for a dog to rescue. She came home with 34 animals. Meet the woman behind Alaqua Animal Refuge in Freeport.

A diver swimming alongside a hawksbill turtle in clear blue water

Purposeful Paradise

A former turtle poacher now runs the night patrols. Inside a new wave of eco-stays from Guerrero to the Maldives where luxury and restoration are the...

A dog resting beside a striped windbreak and beach umbrella

Pup Passport

Five of the world's best beaches for you and your dog, from Jupiter to Perth to the Dutch coast - plus what a doggy daycare specialist...

Boats moored beside Yelapa’s beach and jungle-covered hills in Mexico.

Yelapa Unplugged

A boat ride south of Puerto Vallarta leads to jungle paths, a slow lunch, and a woman carrying some very good pie.

Aerial view of restored sand dunes at Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park

Building the Future Coast

Thirty years of planning, a submerged sand trap, and a state park classified as critically eroded. How Broward County is trying to keep its beaches where...

The stranded sailboat at night, lit against a distant skyline

Coastal Cosmos

Florida native Elston Webster chases lightning, galaxies and jellyfish along the Emerald Coast - and makes the case that Florida isn't a landscape so much as...

Myles Morgan in a Thirty-A hat on the beach with the Gulf behind him

Coastal Kid Goes Major League: Myles Morgan Signs With WME

His dad told him to get a summer job. He asked if playing guitar counted. Three years later he's 21, signed to WME, and headlining the...

Floor cushions on the Baba Nest rooftop platform above the Andaman Sea at sunset

Sky-High Sips: Nine Rooftop Bars Where Sunsets Meet Unforgettable Drinks

A platform floating above the Andaman Sea. A caldera cliff in Oia. A Bahamian bar wrapped in ivy. Nine rooftops worth timing your evening around.

Where Healing Begins

You get the impression Kevin Laliberte really values trust. Trust in the process, trust in systems, and trust in people. After all, trust is how he...

This scrappy dockside pelican works the fishermen like a pro. No need to wander far; some of the best wildlife stories happen just across the street.

Wild by Nature: Mike Fender Frames the Soul of the Coast

He shot Super Bowls, NBA Finals, and thirty Indy 500s. Then his mother died, and the veteran photojournalist turned his lens on ghost crabs, owlets, and...