Tucked away along California’s Central Coast, Montaña de Oro State Park remains one of the state’s best-kept secrets – a coastal wonderland that somehow escapes the attention it so richly deserves.

South Bass Island might sound like a place where fish go to practice their scales, but this 1,500-acre slice of paradise in ...

Bring your shovel and pail to hunt for million-year-old fossils while traversing a volcanic mountain range in California's ...