Marathon, Florida

Wild and beautiful — these are two words often used to describe Everglades National Park, a 1.5 million-acre tropical and sub-tropical preserve in southern Florida. Sometimes called the "River of Grass," the Everglades is a spectacular landscape of wetlands, lakes, rivers, and bays. It's also hom...

When two hurricanes destroyed the rustic but much-loved Flamingo Everglades Lodge in 2005, the National Park Service wasn't quite sure what to do. Faced with the challenge of providing lodgings that modern park visitors will appreciate, they grappled with the increasing intensity of storms that t...