Mammoth Lakes sits at 7,880 feet in the Eastern Sierra, surrounded by dramatic peaks that belong on movie posters. This place is dotted with more than 150 alpine lakes, each one more photogenic than ...

McCarty’s Cove, a small beach near downtown, offers the perfect swimming spot on warm summer days, with the historic Marquette Harbor Lighthouse standing guard nearby. The lighthouse itself, built in ...

The Zao “snow monsters” of Japan are a phenomenon created at the ... thaws enough for paddleboarders to make the picturesque ...