The front desk at Yosemite National Park’s Wawona Hotel – the largest Victorian hotel in a national park – is flanked with white columns, making it look a bit like the veranda of a Southern mansion.

Waterfalls are roaring and dogwoods are blooming in Yosemite National Park – beloved springtime sights in the popular park in California that will only be accessible to all for a few more weeks. Most ...

WASHINGTON - Go ahead, blame harsh weather or high gas prices for a marked reduction in visits to Yosemite and other national parks so far this year. The summer droves, though, are returning. In other ...

Left: Water drips from the foliage near Chilnualna Falls. The delicate petals of the dogwood are covered with raindrops near the Ahwahnee Hotel in the Yosemite Valley. Far Left: A pair of mule deer ...