Karen Gough

The hardest and best job you'll ever love.

Visitors to the park can ride antique trolleys and view historic buildings.

Where else does hope glow so brightly as from a beam of light shining across a dark sea?

If you find yourself in Seattle and are looking for something to do, you can do no better ...

There was a day when Blockbuster was the most popular movie-rental store in the world. For many young ...

Pianist Hunter Noack brings music to the outdoors. His nonprofit, IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild, ...

Nineteen-year-old Petri Alva’s favorite sprint-kayaking event is the 500 meter. “It’s just a fantastic race because it combines ...

A world of wonders awaits at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, California. Five galleries, each more compelling than ...

As the train ascended the tight curves of Bear Mountain in Santa Cruz, California, it began to sing. ...

Just a day trip beyond the San Francisco Bay Area are two national wildlife refuges (NWRs): the San ...

“Twelve o’clock.” “There it is, twelve o’clock!” Excited passengers moved toward the bow to view a spouting humpback ...

On a sunny autumn day in Santa Cruz, California, my friend and I walked the paved path along ...

Autumn is a fine time to visit Half Moon Bay on the San Mateo coast of California. The ...

On a sunny October day, Knott’s Berry Farm—currently transformed into “Knott’s Spooky Farm”—reminded us why it remains a ...

“Filoli is too beautiful to be private.”—Lurline Roth In 1975, Lurline Matson Roth gifted her beloved Filoli House ...

In the midst of Silicon Valley lies a manmade oasis. Shoreline Park in Mountain View, California, provides recreational ...

On any given Sunday in the San Francisco Bay Area, cranks and players lean back in time to ...

For three years, 25-year-old Eddie Janicki had felt content working as a civil engineer on a skyscraper-construction project ...

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, seven miles south of Monterey, California, is one of the most gorgeous spots ...

What’s Special About Monterey Bay? On the central coast of California lies a rich marine sanctuary—Monterey Bay. The ...

Commentary While flying recently, I noticed the kids around me. Except for the babies, every single one of ...

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California, contains a wealth of ancient treasures—the largest such collection in ...

Last week, a spur of the moment decision took my husband and I to Santa Barbara in sunny ...

If you long to escape your surroundings, enter another world, and observe strange little creatures, the Fitzgerald Marine ...

Where can you see some of the tallest trees on earth, dine at a British pub, and relax ...

Last June, during COVID, our family ignored California restrictions, got on a plane, and flew to Washington and ...

Recently, my husband and I spent time exploring the gold-rush towns of Jamestown and Chinese Camp in Northern ...