California’s giant redwood trees are some of the tallest and most impressive trees on the planet. Standing beneath them can feel like looking up at massive wooden skyscrapers. Even more incredible, in ...

Sharp turns, narrow lanes, and unexpected traffic make this drive more intense than most people expect. We took the trip and ...

The biggest of northern California’s giant redwood trees grow more than 250 ft. tall, with a circumference greater than 90 ft. at their base. The oldest have seen more than 3,000 years.

“Gesundheit,” I said. David Quammen’s new book, Spillover, is about zoonotic diseases. Michael Nichols photographed California’s giant redwoods for the October 2009 issue.

The specimen has been in the Museum since 1893, after the tree was felled in California. After more than a century ... Conservators applied solvent gel to the giant sequoia to draw the old varnish out ...

Redwood Canyon and Muir Grove are also great places for longer treks. The Giant Forest is also home to the famous General Sherman Tree, the largest living tree – by volume – in the world.

Mariposa Grove of the Giant Sequoia is one of three groves in the ... There's also the fun California Tunnel Tree, which is the only living sequoia in Yosemite that features a human-made tunnel ...