West Cliff is usually voted as the best place in Santa Cruz to take a walk, enjoy a sunset, share with visitors or to make a ...

Lighthouses have served humanity as protective sentinels guiding us home for nearly two centuries. Since the mid-1800s, when Santa Cruz served as a bustling port for lime, redwood and other ...

Summer days are longer, and your time outside naturally follows suit. As the sun dips lower, a little light can make your backyard patio feel like an evening escape. The right glow can brighten your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Transformative Travel: I look at how travel can change lives. This article is more than 2 years old. In 2022, Rich Cucé—a father ...

A spiral metal staircase in the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse leads to an outdoor parapet around that offers sweeping views of the Hudson River and its environs. PHOTO BY RALPH GARDNER JR. I was told that ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — It’s not every day that you’ll find a “working” lighthouse far from water, but that’s exactly what Connie and Larry Perfetto have in their Mount Pleasant backyard. As a guy who likes ...