Curl up next to an indoor fireplace at one of the state parks in Texas. A sparkling fire can make a room warm, inviting, and ...

While the off-season at South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks’ popular Lewis and Clark Park District west of Yankton is usually ...

The third lake, Mud Pond, has perhaps the least appealing name in the history of bodies of water, but don’t let that fool you – it’s a charming woodland pool surrounded by a wetland ecosystem that’s ...

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BEAUFORT — There has been a lot going on at Hunting Island State Park of late, not the least of which has been the renovation and restoration of the park’s iconic lighthouse. That project is expected ...

Hundreds of people may have been exposed to rabies while staying in bat-infested cabins in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. The potentially affected visitors reportedly came from 38 states and ...

Ovid, N.Y. — A New York City man's body has been recovered from Cayuga Lake, the Seneca County Sheriff's Office announced Monday. Sheriff Timothy Thompson said the 911 center received numerous calls ...

UPDATE: Searchers recovered the body of a boater from Cayuga Lake at approximately 11:15 a.m. Monday, more than 33 hours after he went into the water. The man was identified as Bo Soo Choi, also known ...

SCANDIA, Minn. — The mechanical failure of a water control valve has reduced a popular recreational lake at William O'Brien State Park to a trickle. Lake Alice is a 26-acre lake that is 9 feet deep in ...

Lake Alice, a manmade body of water in William O’Brien State Park, has disappeared due to a suspected dike failure, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said. The DNR says a “mechanical ...

Katie Nadworny is an Istanbul-based writer who specializes in stories at the intersection of culture and politics in Turkey, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. She has lived in Turkey for nearly a ...

NOW ON THE 12 NEWS APP. AN UNSOLVED MURDER AT DEVIL’S LAKE STATE PARK IN WISCONSIN NEARLY FIVE YEARS AGO IS NOW BEING LOOKED AT FOR ANY LINK TO A DOUBLE HOMICIDE AT A STATE PARK IN ARKANSAS. 24 YEAR ...