For centuries the legend of the Lost Spanish Mine has lured fortune hunters into the Texas Hill Country. That legend began on a hill south of Llano. In 1753, Spanish soldiers exploring the Llano River heard stories from Apaches of a hill of red ochre (cerro del almagre). Veins of silver were said to...

Yeti exist. They live at the South Pole. This news is according to my son, who is finishing his second stint working at Amundsen-Scott Station at 90 degrees south latitude. One of the highlights of his mail call is answering letters from elementary students in the United States. I always learn from ...

For someone who loves speculating about the future, I have been fabulously wrong at predicting it. The litany of my failings in this area is long and ...

Running 20,000 miles may seem far-fetched and outrageous, but for British runner Jim Plunkett-Cole, it’s his life.   A Somerset, England native, Plunk...