The Big Sur Coast Highway, officially designated as part of California State Route 1, winds approximately 90 miles between ...

There’s a stretch of California highway where the mountains plunge dramatically into the sea, where every curve reveals a vista more breathtaking than the last, and where you’ll find yourself ...

Running from Tillamook to Pacific City, the Three Capes Scenic Route is one of the most stunning drives on the Oregon ...

To understand the threats to the Pacific Coast Highway, a reporter and photographer hit the road. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Livia Albeck-Ripka is a general assignment and breaking news reporter for ...

A worker clears debris from a mudslide in the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades burn zone, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole ...

The remains of beachside homes that burned along Pacific Coast Highway during the Palisades Fire in Malibu, CA, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

Homes in the hills above Pacific Coast Highway sit in ruins after being burned by the Palisades Fire in Malibu, CA, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Pacific Coast Highway, which had been largely off-limits to all but residents, first responders and cleanup crews since the Jan. 7 Palisades Fire, reopened to all traffic Friday.

But in the early 20th century, officials, convinced the coast was of military value, dared to carve a highway into 100 miles of the erratic terrain. Boats hauled in supplies.

Firefighters hose down a smoldering building on the Pacific Coast Highway during the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California, US, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

PCH in Malibu on April 17, 2025. People live on the Pacific Coast Highway. People work there, exercise there, relax there. It’s a must-do for tourists.