California

Ideas for vacations in California: LA game nights, Hollywood and Gaslamp nightlife, the Getty and SFMOMA, Alcatraz, Old Town San Diego, Yosemite and Big Sur.

Plan your visit to the Battleship USS Iowa Museum in San Pedro: general admission, add-on tours like the Gun and Engineering tours, parking and what to know.

Plan a girls weekend in San Diego with a Mission Bay resort, rooftop cocktails in the Gaslamp, Mexican food in Old Town and tips on June Gloom and stingrays.

Plan your California coast road trip from the Redwoods to San Diego, with stops in Ferndale, Mendocino, Napa, Monterey, Carmel and Laguna Beach, plus food tips.

Our favorite hiking trails in Southern California, from Potato Chip Rock and Annie's Canyon to Tahquitz Falls and Ryan Mountain, with distances and season tips.

A guide to the ski resorts in Lake Tahoe, from Heavenly and Kirkwood in the south to Palisades Tahoe, Northstar and Diamond Peak, with acreage and terrain mix.

Things to do in Lancaster, California, from the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve and desert trails to aerospace history, local museums and golf nearby.

Art museums in San Francisco worth your time, from SFMOMA and the de Young to the Legion of Honor and the Asian Art Museum, with what to see at each.

Basecamp Hotel in South Lake Tahoe mixes camp style with comfort: rustic rooms, a tent-themed Great Indoors room, a rooftop hot tub and fire pits.

Northstar California Resort in Truckee pairs 350 inches of snow and seven terrain parks with summer bike trails, golf and a village made for slow evenings.