When it comes to trails with big payoffs, it’s hard to do much better than a waterfall hike. After all, on a hot summer day, there’s little more rewarding than cool mist on your face, icy water on ...

Waterfalls have a somewhat mystical place in our psyche, but what is it about these tumbling cascades that makes you want to travel to their location—perhaps hiking for miles—and stand in their spray?