Spend time on any Seattle shoreline in the summer and you’ll run into the regulars: the gelatinous toilet-plunger-looking egg collar of a moon snail, the vibrant sea stars, the spiny rock fish, and a ...

Cannon Beach might just be the most picture-perfect beach town in all of Oregon. The massive Haystack Rock stands like a guardian in the surf, creating a backdrop that no painter could improve. The ...