Rock stacking, a social media craze that can have ecological consequences, was discovered at the Hellbender Preserve this ...

Should you leave cairns alone or destroy them? Ask that question to a group of backpackers and you're likely to spark the kind of argument that strains tramilies. Some hikers pass rock stacks by ...

We all want to show off our travels, and Instagram is one of the best places to do that. In fact, travelers often seek out Instagram-worthy spots for photo ops, like these the most Instagram-worthy ...

It’s probably why people also drive to Rock Sculpture Point in Rye, New Hampshire or hike out to Laufskálavarða in Iceland, two places where visitors are welcome to build cairns by the hundreds, ...

I've seen them, and I'm sure you have, too. Rocks are stacked and balanced in various formations on hiking trails, beaches, and in deserts. There's actually something artful about it and very Zen.

If you are an ardent traveller and adventure lover and have done hiking, visited parks reserves, and other remote-like destinations, you will have noticed piles of stones, placed in strategic places.

(NEXSTAR) — You may have been on a hike in, say, one of America’s national parks and seen bountiful nature — tall sequoias, dazzling waterfalls, a breathtaking valley of flowers. And then you come ...

Rock stacking structures defy gravity, historical play in Pikeville, Lake Barkley State Resort Park. An Eastern Kentucky chiropractor creates rock stacking structures that seem to defy the laws of ...

Scramble around Maine’s Acadia National Park long enough, and you’ll spot the distinctively stacked rocks amid the bigger granite boulders. Known as the Bates Cairns, they’re like miniature stone ...