SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — Rob Hamrick could sell sand to the desert. He has, in fact, shipped 4,000 tons of it from a tiny community tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains to an exclusive golf course in Dubai.

Sand is possibly something you take for granted; it gets in your hair and your clothes and all over your food at the beach. But sand is also fascinating. Sandy beaches are dynamic: sand accumulates ...

Arguably, one of the best parts about visiting a beach is digging your toes in the sand, but have you ever wondered where all these grains came from? Turns out, the majority of sand grains found on ...

SILVER LAKE — Despite about 20 summers of scooping back sand, the Dressler family has never seen their lakeside home this close to doom. A towering, creeping sand mountain that swallowed several ...

There’s more to beach sand than meets the eye. It has stories to tell about the land, and an epic journey to the sea. That’s because mountains end their lives as sand on beaches. If you're enjoying ...