A California beach is down a single-lane road in the Marin Headlands that visitors tend to overlook. While black sand beaches are often associated with other places, such as Iceland and Hawaii, the ...

A great option for those who don't want to work up a sweat on the trails but want to experience Big Sur's beauty from outside the car is Sand Dollar Beach ... through redwood-clad forests and ...

Antioch's Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about ... "The sand here is a high quality silica sand that is not found in the common beach sand ...