The name is perfect, even while it dramatically undersells this geologic wonder in remote southeast Oregon. It's called Crack in the Ground, a volcanic fissure 70 feet deep and two miles long that ...

FARGO - The drought has parched lawns, lined the ground with cracks - and could threaten the foundations of buildings. The clay soils of the Red River Valley act much like a sponge, expanding when wet ...

Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in concrete, ...

Earlier this summer, city editor Karen Petersen visited a couple east-of-the-Cascades attractions that I'm not sure I had even heard of: Hole in the Ground, which is 30 or so miles southeast of La ...