Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

The scariest part of climbing the famous Half Dome cables is not the difficulty of the climb, the steepness of the slope, the ...

Yosemite National Park is known for its iconic granite rock formations from the towering El Capitan that attracts world-class rock climbers to the infamous curved tooth of Half Dome that tempts ...

However, the steep ascent and slippery granite of Half Dome also make this one of the most dangerous hikes in Yosemite. In fact, there have been at least 25 deaths at the Half Dome summit.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK / Deadly trek up Half Dome / Rangers re-examining safety of popular hike after a fatal fall from ... becoming the third fatality within a year off the 4,800-foot granite dome.

Yoga feels different when you’re standing barefoot on a giant pink granite dome in the Texas Hill Country as the sun sets. I love yoga, mainly for its stress-reducing qualities and the way the ...

2007-07-07 04:00:00 PDT Yosemite National Park-- Scores of sweating hikers lugging backpacks and water bottles hung onto the cable handrails on the slope leading to the top of Half Dome, waiting ...

For Haley LaFlamme, 26, it likely was the unseasonable rain that brewed on Sunday, when her group of four secured a rare permit to ascend the enormous, smooth granite dome, the park's iconic feature.

Enchanted Rock’s significance dates way back. Around a billion years ago, magma resting miles below the earth’s surface pushed up into the rock above and cooled, forming a granite dome.

Located along the border of Gillespie and Llano counties in Central Texas, the park is known for its massive pink granite dome that rises 425 feet above the land around it.

AUSTIN _ Cheers rose under Texas Capitol’s pink granite dome on Monday as 181 lawmakers and the thousands of lobbyists, advocates and citizens in their policy-soaked orbit wrapped up their 140 ...