
Exploring Easter Island’s Dark History
Easter Island’s iconic moai statues are a stark reminder that things of wonder can also have dark pasts.

Easter Island’s iconic moai statues are a stark reminder that things of wonder can also have dark pasts.
By Will McGough

The hardest part of returning from one of the world’s best salmon fisheries is hiding how easy the fishing was.
By Will McGough

At first, I wondered if asking my girlfriend, an inexperienced hiker, to come with me on a three-day backpacking trip would be asking for trouble.
By Will McGough

A visit to Sarajevo reveals old wounds amid a beautiful, revitalized city.
By Will McGough

During Alaska’s summer of Midnight Sun, you can hike, bike or fish in daylight at any time of day — but only if you’re able to break with life’s normal schedule.
By Will McGough

Stepping onto the ground deep in the savanna of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe offers a close-up view of big-game life.
By Will McGough

GP Correspondent Will McGough hiked to Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon last year. This year, he went on the same trip as a guide.
By Will McGough

If it gets any more exotic than a semi-deserted National Park out in the Pacific run by friendly yet mischievous foxes, Will McGough would sure like to know about it.
By Will McGough

Will McGough eats world travel, with a side of wide-ranging adventure, for breakfast.
By Will McGough

In Papua New Guinea, tribal warfare is still common.
By Will McGough

Walking Trinidad’s Tierra de Brea tar pit (and driving its roads) proves a sticky situation.
By Will McGough

Will McGough explores the length of the Kalalau Trail, recently voted America’s best hiking trail by GP readers.
By Will McGough

Outdoor enthusiasts sometimes turn their backs on organized, outfitted tours.
By Will McGough

Nearly 200 miles north of Guatemala City, in the rainforest, lie the remains of the ancient city Tikal, the capital of one of the most powerful kingdoms of the Maya civilization.
By Will McGough

Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in the United States, stretching from Estes Park to Grand Lake, Colorado.
By Will McGough

One month after he set out from King’s Beach, CA, on a 5,000-mile bike tour of America, GP contributor Will Eginton stood on top of the Continental Divide at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park and reflected on the mountains he’d climbed.

Where the South China Sea meets the rainforest in Malaysian Borneo, there’s a music festival unlike anything in the West.
By Will McGough

Getting to Havasu Falls requires a flight to Phoenix, a five-hour drive to the Grand Canyon, and an eleven-mile hike in hundred-degree heat.
By Will McGough

One of the most diverse islands on the planet, Hawaii Island plays host to all but two of the world’s ecosystems, including active volcanoes.
By Will McGough

GP contributor Will McGough goes fishing in Borneo and reels in a dose of humility.
By Will McGough