This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the 1800s there was something called a Christmas side hunt where people would choose sides and go out during the ...

National Geographic's enterprising photographers have helped readers explore and learn about our beautiful world through their images for more than a century. Here is their best work from the past ...

This story appears in the December 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Take “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” multiply it by several hundred, and you’ve got what’s billed as the ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. It was five days before Christmas, and in the hut on the north flank of Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano that grounded ...