Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world. Their function is simultaneously anachronistic and essential. They exist ...

Most people have never been to one, but they may still find something captivating and romantic about them. That same curiosity applies to firewatchers, the people who spend their summers, largely ...

For more than a century, hikers have trekked to a patch of flat land tucked into the San Gabriel Mountains below Mount Lowe for broad views of the greater Los Angeles region and beyond. Thick metal ...