12 Great Hikes Around Sacramento
TIME TO LACE UP YOUR WALKING SHOES. The outdoor season is afoot, and the greater Sacramento region is rich with hiking opportunities. To help...
The 1960 Olympic Winter Games at Tahoe
If you weren’t around to witness the 1960 Winter Olympics at Lake Tahoe, you can still experience the sites where the games were held...
Explore: Lodi
Anchored by a renovated old town and lots of wineries, the Lodi region (which includes the communities of Woodbridge, Acampo and Lockeford) lies about...
Explore Alameda
From Interstate 880, through an ugly industrial stretch, across the bridge spanning the Oakland Estuary, Park Street teems with eateries, shops, a food hall,...
Explore: Napa Valley
In 2019, several of my girlfriends eagerly shepherded me to Napa Valley two days before my wedding. On the classic bachelorette romp, we wine-tasted,...
Small Towns by the Sea
Winter brings a particular charm to the California coast—fewer people, mainly, so you can find a place to park and you’re likely to discover...
Reprise of Forlorn Hope
On the second day of their voyage through the punishing Sierra mountain range in December 2020, the four team members of the Forlorn Hope...
Journey to Iceland
Keflavik airport, 45 kilometers outside of Iceland’s picturesque capital of Reykjavík, is strangely quiet these days. One of the world’s greatest adventure tourism destinations—you...
Sierra Hike: Jones Creek Loop Trail
Galena Forest is a heavily wooded area in Reno, and Galena Creek Regional Park (which also offers camping and a visitors center that hosts...
Small Towns: Columbia
In this working Gold Rush-era town, prices are modern day, but the rest takes you back to the 1850s. Columbia has the largest collection...
Sierra Hike: Eagle Lake Trail
There are several big draws to this moderate hiking trail located near Tahoma on Tahoe’s North Shore. For one thing, a staircase of Instagram-worthy...
Small Towns: Jamestown
The first place gold turned up in Tuolumne County, Jamestown has buildings on its Main Street dating back to the 1870s. Take the Walk...
Sierra Hike: Hunter Creek Falls
It’s hard to imagine a 30-foot waterfall smack in the middle of Reno, but hidden in the northern part of the city, Hunter Creek...
