Self-taught and self-termed citizen artist vanessa german is widely known for her sculptural works that feature poetic collections of both found objects and meticulously sourced materials. In her ...
The tiny town of Mount Ida is home to rock shops, you-dig quartz mines, and national forest trails.
When I set out to write a story about visiting Crystal Peak, a former mine site now managed by the U.S. Forest Service just east of Truckee, California, I worried it would be a bust. Either the ...