Made of thin ribbons of ice that extend out in intricate patterns when frozen water breaks through the slits of certain types of plant stems, the icy blooms can disintegrate with a single touch and ...

Midway between San Francisco and the Sierra Nevada mountains is Sacramento, the historic capital of northern California, ...

Bodie State Historic Park preserves California’s most authentic ghost town in a state of “arrested decay,” offering a haunting glimpse into boom-and-bust mining history. Mono Lake’s otherworldly tufa ...