The dog days of summer are finally behind us, but I’m still burned by the memory of this year’s heat. Summers in Massachusetts are becoming hotter and muggier, to the extent where even the ...

There's no shortage of wild water features in Western North Carolina, from hot springs to waterfalls to the iconic Sliding Rock - and as it heats up, swimming holes in particular may be on your mind.

Cypress Falls Swimming Hole in Woodcreek has had a good year. Spring rains filled the aquifer that supplies the water to the swimming hole and to Wimberley's two other swimming holes, Blue Hole ...

For generations, swimmers packed Mendon Ponds Park for a summertime dip while sunbathers soaked in the rays in the park’s beach area. The park had a staff of lifeguards, a bathhouse for changing and a ...