One of California’s largest freshwater lakes, Lake Berryessa is about an hour's drive from downtown Napa in the Vaca ...

Amid the remains of a sumptuous villa near Pompeii, the hard-hatted conservationist scraped away centuries-old ash to reveal a vibrant red fresco.

Samuel Brannan was California's first millionaire, but he died without enough funds to pay for his own funeral. Steve Gorman travels to Brannan's upscale hot springs resort in Calistoga and explores ...