California’s missions are some of the oldest landmarks that hold stories from the state’s early days. These sites give you a glimpse into the lives of the people who shaped California’s history, from ...

Janet Dowling Sands will deliver a lecture, “A New Look at California’s Mission History,” on Jan. 16, at Sonoma Mission Chapel in Sonoma. What: Historian Janet Dowling Sands’ lecture on California’s ...

The missions—built between 1769 and 1823 and extending in a chain of 600 miles from Sonoma to San Diego—stand as symbols of California's Spanish colonial past. Pictured is San Miguel's bell tower.

For many of our readers, the world has been their oyster these last months. They’ve ridden camels in Tangier, explored Maine’s Acadia National Park and seen the Northern Lights in Iceland. And when ...