A writer in the 1930s coined the term ‘Lost Sierras’ for this rugged part of the northernmost Sierra Nevadas.

Every creaking board tells stories of California’s wildest frontier days. Angels Camp sits in Gold Rush country like a perfectly preserved Western town. Mark Twain made this place famous with his ...

These 15 small towns offer amazing history and beautiful scenery! Picture a town where the Old West still feels alive and well. Yreka sits in far northern California like a time capsule that someone ...

ABUJA (Reuters) -Gunmen killed eight security officials and kidnapped Chinese expatriate workers in Edo state in southern Nigeria, a spokesperson for the security agency said on Saturday, adding the ...

Stats don’t lie. Your beer’s gone flat. According to Gallup, only 54 percent of Americans say they drink alcohol — the lowest level since the analytics firm began tracking figures in the 1930s.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -China on Tuesday pressed Pakistan to improve security for Chinese nationals who have been repeatedly attacked by militants while working on Beijing-funded multi-billion-dollar ...

This aerial photo released by Xinhua News Agency shows the site of an under construction bridge that collapsed on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway causing multiple dead and missing, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- An explosion of new wildfires across Northern California is being linked to lightning, with more than 10,000 strikes across the state on Tuesday. At least one fire is burning ...

Halfway into a recent weeklong backpacking trip through California’s Sierra Nevada, nine members of a scout troop and their scoutmaster came across a man standing alone in a meadow deep in the ...

Last week, on Tuesday afternoon, Erika Kay walked into her yard in Chinese Camp as pieces of ash the size of her hand fell from the sky. Lightning had sparked a wildfire in the hills a few miles away, ...

ROCK SPRINGS—A short drive from Main Street in Rock Springs, two rectangular holes, about 4 feet deep, form a checkerboard pattern in a grassy lawn. The green space, which connects a Slovenian ...

Cobbled streets, fountains, and Romanesque churches — walking through Prato's historic center feels like stepping into a romanticized version of old Europe. But just beyond the city walls, in ...