Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...

The Camargo Volcanic Field (CVF), located in the southeastern portion of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, is part of the Basin & Range province. With a surface of nearly 3000 km 2 and composed of ...

Lava Butte, a cinder cone rising 509 feet above U.S. Highway 97 between Bend and Sunriver, is an easy-to-reach (or at least the parking lot is) option on a clear day, or any time you want a fix of ...

The tiny Mojave Desert outpost of Amboy has seen a lot of change over the past 50 years or so. First, Route 66 was bypassed by Interstate 40, directing travelers away from the businesses that had ...

This eerie astronaut photo shows a ghostly structure with a skull-like appearance glowering up into space from the floor of a giant volcanic pit in the Sahara. The cranium lookalike is located on the ...

Jamie Cattanach is a writer based in Portland, Ore. Portland’s reputation for weirdness is warranted: Its annual can’t-miss event is a naked bike ride, and local artists turned a dead mall’s D.M.V.

This summer’s Dixie fire has burned nearly half of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Discover this park’s amazing history. California’s Dixie Fire, currently the second largest in the state’s history, ...

Crater Lake's only legal water access point, Cleetwood Cove, will close from 2026-2029 for renovations. The final boat tour from Cleetwood Cove before the closure will be on Sept. 14. Nestled within ...