Is building an impregnable sand castle on your family’s summer bucket list? Ted Siebert of The Sand Sculpture Co. (sandsculpting.com) can dig you out of the holes in your technique. Siebert, who wrote ...

When you’re hitting the beach with the entire family, you’ll need to bring a good amount of items to keep the kids busy because you know they’ll get bored fast. So, to help you increase your time ...

B rought to You By is our series about all the stuff that’s become part of the culture and of the economy. Where did they come from and who thought of them? Sandcastles have been around a while. In ...

“Is your first name Sand?” asks the boy being introduced to the man building the sand sculpture on Revere Beach. “I wish,” wistfully replies the man sometimes known as Sandcastle Matt and some other ...

We've all been there before. With a couple of brightly colored buckets and plastic shovels, down on our hands and knees in the gritty wet sand, trying to build a sandcastle before the tide comes in ...

This is part of our great big guide to the DC area’s best beaches. From the surf scene in Virginia Beach to Ocean City’s expansive boardwalk, we found the best bites and activities (yes, even in ...

The roar of the ocean, salty air and warm sand are a few reasons Mark Dileo, lifeguard captain for the Surf City Beach Patrol, enjoys the beach. But his favorite times at the shore are when he builds ...

As building blocks go, pancakes fall low on the list. But a successful sand castle, I learned, starts with pancakes. A tall stack. Turns out those plastic molds I had packed with sand — only to dump ...