Two types of iconic sequoia trees have grown tall and strong in a surprising place: Michigan. One was believed to be extinct less than 100 years ago. The other is the largest living thing on Earth.

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

With a total length of about 1,200 feet, Tokopah Falls is the tallest waterfall in Sequoia National Park. But instead of one long drop straight down, the waterfall twists and turns over craggy ...