The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today, ...

In Banda, Uttar Pradesh, Shazar stone is more than a stone collected from riverbeds. Once cut and polished, it reveals natural formations ...

Across the dark lava plains of Harrat Khaybar in northwestern Saudi Arabia, low stone lines and geometric shapes sit quietly against the basalt. What .

Hawn State Park in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri is nature’s answer to your silent screams. Located about 90 minutes south of St. Louis, this 4,953-acre slice of paradise might be Missouri’s best-kept ...