When you think of California, images of sundrenched ... with these coastal giants. Pulled by a steam locomotive that once hauled timber, the cars wind through shady redwood groves, providing ...

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.

One of the three sequoia species, the dawn redwood is neither as tall nor as girthy as its relatives, the giant sequoia and coast redwood. While the others both have natural ranges in California ...