Tale of nature

Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Each year, locals and visitors alike celebrate fall's changing colors with the Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival, which runs from mid-September through the end of November. The festival includes fall displays, scavenger hunts, crafts, and games for guests of all ages.

Snowmass Village, Colorado
Situated at the base of the Rocky Mountains, just west of the famed ski town of Aspen lies Snowmass Village, a quiet town known for its short-lived, yet beautiful, fall season. Visitors who time their trip right can watch the leaves change from yellow to orange to a few bits of red.

Lake Tahoe
This freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is one of the largest alpine lakes in the country and one of the clearest bodies of water in the world. For the best views, hike the Tahoe Rim Trail, 165 miles of natural beauty everywhere you look.

Diamond Head
Hawaii is a land of volcanoes, and Diamond Head is one of its most famous.

You might know the head by several different names.

The natives call it Le’ahi (“Tuna Brow”) because of its resemblance to a fin, and 19th-century sailors named it “Diamond Head” because they mistook its glittering calcite crystals for diamonds.

Regardless of what you call it, Diamond Head is definitely one of the top things to do in Honolulu.

The Amazon
Covering roughly 40 percent of South America, including parts of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, the Amazon is the largest rainforest on the planet, and home to more than 40,000 plant species and 1,300 bird species alone. But be sure to visit the winding rivers and diverse wildlife while you can—climate change (along with man-made fires) is increasingly whittling away the habitat every day.The Amazon
Covering roughly 40 percent of South America, including parts of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, the Amazon is the largest rainforest on the planet, and home to more than 40,000 plant species and 1,300 bird species alone. But be sure to visit the winding rivers and diverse wildlife while you can—climate change (along with man-made fires) is increasingly whittling away the habitat every day.