This New Mexico off-the-beaten-path wilderness offers a serene escape that looks like the Utah hoodoos and the Dakota ...

A new tribal national park in North Dakota is opening a little-seen area of the rugged Badlands to hikers and other outdoors ...

The closest major airport to Badlands National Park is in Rapid City, South Dakota. From there ... This contributes to erosion and harms the distinctive formations that give the park its name.

A "Homecooking" sign, perched on the side of a gravel road in southwestern South Dakota ... wind and water erosion. Pointing to the Wall near Cedar Pass, Benton explains: The Badlands formation ...