Two things will strike you as you approach what is arguably the most unusual unit in the California State Park system. You ...

Tucked at the base of Montana’s most iconic mountain ranges and scattered around their valleys are countless tiny communities ...

Nevada’s desert nights turn into some of the most dazzling natural shows in the country. Warm evenings meet vast, open skies where light pollution is rare, making summer the perfect season for ...

If summer is all about sunny beach days and lounging by the pool, the cooler weather and the turning of the leaves in the fall call for a different type of vacation entirely. The autumn season in ...

MOCCASIN, Tuolumne County — At the base of a steep grade in the Sierra Nevada off a highway that leads into Yosemite National Park is an unincorporated community with 63 people and not much else.

Learn the unsettling story of Florida’s most famous urban legend—the Devil’s Chair in Cassadaga. A simple brick seat with a ...

Tucked away in Mono County along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, Bridgeport offers a refreshing alternative to California’s metropolitan madness. This charming small town serves up spectacular ...

They found Carmel-by-the-Sea. This storybook village sits right on the Pacific Ocean. Fairy-tale cottages line streets that curve like they were designed by someone who never heard of straight lines.

Two cemeteries – the Delamar Catholic Cemetery and the Delamar-Helene (Miners) Cemetery – tell the stark story of hardship.

There’s only one resort open for gaming and lodging at Primm, the other two have shut their doors. But one business says they ...

In the U.S., eerie remnants of once-inhabited towns or villages exist in the form of "ghost towns," left in forgotten corners of the country. Nearly every U.S. state has some sort of ghost town, ...