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Grand Canyon

Posted inCulture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘I Saw It on Instagram, I Had to Come’: The Desire to Document Ourselves in Nature

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 6, 2020October 19, 2022

Are Instagrammers and selfie culture destroying the outdoors? At Outside, Lisa Chase sets off to find out.

Posted inEditor's Pick

What I Learned at the Most Instagrammed Outdoor Places

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 6, 2020October 19, 2022

Visiting tourist hotspots like the Grand Canyon and Horseshoe Bend, Lisa Chase explores “the human desire to lose ourselves in the wild and also to extract, despoil, and package it.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

Vacation Memories Marred by the Indelible Stain of Racism

by Shanna B. Tiayon June 11, 2019February 24, 2023

Shanna B. Tiayon recalls an interaction with a National Parks Service bus driver that cast a pall on a family trip to the Grand Canyon.

Posted inBooks, History, Science & Nature, Story

Taming the Great American Desert

by Longreads July 2, 2018February 22, 2023

By advocating for agriculture in the arid West, Major John Wesley Powell challenged the way America viewed its right to develop the continent.

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