This California waterfall hasn’t gone dry in a million years — and this summer, it added a reservation requirement
This California beach hosts 10,000 giant seals every year, and this spring they survived a first for the species
The highest point in the contiguous US is in California, and getting a permit is harder than the climb
This California canyon played Jurassic Park’s Lost World, and you can’t hike it without getting your feet wet
California’s biggest tree survived a wildfire wrapped in tinfoil, and it’s a half-mile walk from the parking lot
Lake Tahoe’s only island hides a Scandinavian castle, and parts of it were built without a single nail
The rocks at this Death Valley lakebed move on their own, and it took scientists decades to prove how
This Santa Cruz-area redwood forest used to be a 19th-century lime empire, and the kilns are still standing
This Southern California lake was briefly the largest man-made lake on Earth — here’s how to spend a summer day there
California’s best caving isn’t a guided tour — it’s a free permit and your pick of two dozen lava tubes
California’s least-visited national park is 80 miles from San Jose, and that’s exactly why it stays quiet
