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Massive snow seemed destined to keep the Sierra resort open into deepest summer, but it will miss the record for longest season.
More vegetable entrees and fruit desserts are showing up on cruise menus in main dining rooms, buffet lines and specialty restaurants at sea.
New outdoor Picnic in the Alley stars women in every lead role, from chefs to bartenders, musicians, organizers, volunteers and publicists.
The Majestic Yosemite can be called the Ahwahnee Hotel again.
Fancy home alarm systems are great, but there are many ways to add layers of security that won’t cost much--and some are free.
When you talk about the joys of travel, be sure to count all the humiliations you encounter too. After all, nothing worthwhile is ever easy, right?
Once a slum, the Sassi, as the prehistoric caves are called, have become smart shops, restaurants and swank hotels, befitting Matera’s place in the EU spotlight.
This national recreation trail in Utah is an oasis of sweeping vistas and blessed solitude.
Nearly 4 million people visited Yosemite last year. Leave the madding crowds behind at some of these spectacular national parks in the Golden State.
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As I was looking for some self-care in the Sierras after a knee injury, I heard about a long-established hot springs at a little oasis outpost called Old Benton near the Nevada border.
With the release of the Netflix film “Wine Country,” a romp through the vineyards might never be the same.
Hope springs eternal, and I was hoping for some relief for my aching back in Pagosa Springs.
I had college alumni work to do this spring in Tehachapi (Yes, you’ve heard of it, but where is it exactly?)
There’s an enduring myth that Lake Crescent in Washington state’s Olympic National Park is bottomless.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Grand Canyon National Park, which means it’s the ideal time to visit the quiet, uncrowded North Rim.
It’s almost go time. Go where? Do we have some ideas for you!
Groveland, a historic Gold Rush town about 25 miles outside Yosemite National Park’s westernmost entrance, is an ideal layover when visiting the park.
I’ve stopped in the Sierra town of Bishop for fuel, groceries and supplies since the late ’60s when Dad would pause here on the way to Mammoth.
This year Amador County celebrates the 150th year since the planting of the Original Grandpere Zinfandel vineyard in the Sierra foothills southeast of Sacramento.
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Massive snow seemed destined to keep the Sierra resort open into deepest summer, but it will miss the record for longest season.
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More vegetable entrees and fruit desserts are showing up on cruise menus in main dining rooms, buffet lines and specialty restaurants at sea.
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Fancy home alarm systems are great, but there are many ways to add layers of security that won’t cost much--and some are free.
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Burning Man, the counterculture project that draws 70,000 to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert each year, begins Aug. 25.
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The Hollyhock House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, a building that was almost demolished in the 1940s, earned Los Angeles its first UNESCO World Heritage Site designation Sunday.