Located in Fort Bragg along Northern California’s Mendocino Coast, this once-overlooked stretch of shoreline has transformed from a former dumpsite into one of the country’s most unusual beaches. The ...

100 Beaches of a Lifetime includes beaches all over the world, from the most iconic to the ones with the best wildlife viewing. Photograph by Denis Belitsky, Shutterstock From Hawaii's Papakōlea Beach ...

Ms. Stodola is the author of “The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit and Peril at the Beach.” Last December a surprise storm passed through Florida’s Pinellas County, ripping away beaches ...