Many of the big saline lakes of the Americas are on the brink of collapse due to climate change and water diversions. Mono lake’s survival is due to the scientists, activists, and locals who have ...

Mono Lake is just east of the Sierra Nevada Range near the small town of Lee Vining, California, the eastern gateway to Yosemite National Park. Seeing it is a uniquely Western experience, and summer ...

Down at lake level, paddling a kayak among Mono Lake's otherworldly tufa towers, you realize that Mark Twain, for once, got it all wrong. Cradled in a "lifeless, treeless, hideous desert ... this ...

What makes it special: Highway 395 runs along the Eastern Sierra, offering a kaleidoscope of landscapes from deserts to alpine forests, with fewer crowds than coastal routes. Must-see stops: ...