I've lived in the Carolinas for years. There's one small town I swear by visiting every fall.

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The author posing for a photo at Black Balsam Knob.
I enjoy visiting Brevard, North Carolina, every fall because of its access to nature.

Kristina Hernandez

20 mind-boggling optical illusions you can find in nature

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This salt flat in Bolivia is perfect for creating optical illusions.

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25 photos show hidden gems across the US

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Fly Geyser, Nevada
Fly Geyser, Nevada.

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The funniest wildlife photos of the year

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A lioness appears to yell at a lion.
"Nagging is a Universal Concept" by Scott Frier.

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25 photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest portray the beauty and vulnerability of life in the wild

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A chimpanzee pauses and looks down as its family moves across the forest floor of Loango National Park, Gabon.
A chimpanzee in Loango National Park in Gabon.

Nora Milligan/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

I stayed in a $290-a-night tiny home on an island 5 miles from Singapore. It was smaller than a parking space.

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The view of a tiny house from outside
The tiny home the author stayed in was just 139 square feet — slightly smaller than a standard US parking space.

Erin Liam

Sink Your Teeth Into the Best Nature Images of the Year

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A jaguar fatally bites a caiman in a dramatic photo.

Sabrina Carpenter says she thought her mom's advice to touch grass was 'stupid' — until she tried

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Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Sabrina Carpenter performing at Coachella this year.

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Drone photos show the elegance of animals in the wild from a perspective humans rarely see

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Two polar bears sleeping in snow
"A Polar Romance" by Florian Ledoux

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Photos show what cave divers discovered when they swam inside an iceberg the size of Jamaica. Today, it's gone.

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A scuba diver swimming inside an ice cave
Paul Heinerth rises out of a cave inside a fragment of iceberg B15, which calved from Antarctica in the spring of 2000.

Jill Heinerth

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