When one is young and full of idealism, there is no reason for anything that smacks of the trite. Everything is bright and new and shiny. So it is with the high school graduating classes this year.

Which trampoline ladders are best? Trampolines need to be high off the ground, which makes getting up on top of them difficult and uncomfortable for adults, but nigh on impossible for young kids.

A precarious new “floating” staircase dangling above a Norwegian fjord is the newest — and perhaps scariest — way to appreciate the country’s unparalleled natural beauty, if you dare. A whopping 2,591 ...