A heavy snowstorm in 1859 killed the town’s founder and harsh winters continue to plague the California ghost town Bodie State Historic Park. The former gold-mining settlement, some 300 miles east of ...

"Dear Bodie... I'm sorry that I took this piece of metal from the town. I thought it was all a joke but it wasn't at all. Things are happening that are very hard to explain." From a letter to Bodie, ...

During a long-ago summer of wandering the Western U.S. in a woefully underpowered 1971 VW bus, we were camped in Yosemite Valley when learning of an exceptional ghost town on the eastern flank of ...

Some people head out into the wilderness to disconnect from technology and modern life. For others, well, there’s this new thing – an app that guides you around California’s state parks using ...

Virtual and augmented reality is becoming a powerful tool to bring a new dimension to the visitor experience in California’s state parks. This week, the California State Parks announced the launch of ...