Circa 1929: Actress Joan Blondell is seen modeling on the beach. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) As temperatures creep upward this season, thoughts of summer are on everyone's mind. As illustrated by the images above, a trip to the beach has been a standard summer family activity since the turn of the century, and over time the fashions associated with seaside activities have evolved. Beach vacations started as early as the late 1800s after railroads became a viable source of transportation, according...

Pinnacle Adventures, an adventure travel group, says its mission is to live life on the edge. As weather.com’s Kyla Grogan points out, they sure deliver in video John Nygren posted to his Facebook page. The video shows him swimming incredibly close to a crocodile at Banco Chinchorro, a protected marine reserve off the coast of Mexico near Belize. (MORE: Largest Gator Found in Mississippi) Most people probably wouldn’t get this close, but it does look like a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. MORE...

Deep in the heart of Turkey, in the semi-arid, historical region of Cappadocia, the landscape has a lunar-like appearance with rocky peaks, standing pillars, chimneys and cones. These otherworldly formations are created from sedimentary rock eroded by rain and wind into unique and beautiful shapes, reports Scribol. (MORE: 10 Desolate Ghost Towns) Starting in the fourth century A.D., local people also began to carve into the rocks, creating a series of cave-like houses, churches, monasteries, known as the fairy chimneys...