Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and lies at the heart of North Korea’s foundation myth.

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...

In 1889, the British journalist Henry Morton Stanley stumbled out of the forests of Central Africa into the town of Katwe, a ...

This is the first North Korean site that has made the list, joining more than 200 geoparks across 49 countries ...

Mount Spurr volcano, near Anchorage, Alaska, is showing increased activity. Scientists have detected a swarm of earthquakes beneath the volcano. This suggests magma is moving upwards. Anchorage ...