Backroads Pit News Today

Like many early bridges built during the gold rush, the Bridgeport Covered Bridge was a toll bridge. Now, visitors can walk across it and explore relics of the past.

Glowing on a hill above Los Angeles is a kaleidoscope of color that changes throughout the day. The living sky is a part of Randyland, an Echo Park art installation

A cozy night's sleep awaits at the Wigwam Motel in Rialto. The tipi-shaped motel is a classic pit stop, but you won’t find rawhide or tent poles inside the rooms.

Located just five miles outside of Mammoth Lakes is the Inyo Craters trailhead, which is short but a little challenging for flatlanders.

Before it received the name Convict Lake, the Northern Paiute tribe called the area “The Land of Flowing Water."

Just below the Trinity Alps off Hwy 299, a breeze keeps a line of colorful prayer flags in constant motion at the Chagdud Rinpoche Rigdzin Ling in Junction City.

If you’ve ever driven from LA to Mammoth Lakes on Highway 395, then you’ve probably seen them. The colorful sculptures are known as the Olancha Sculpture Garden.

Thrifty is well known for its cylinder-shaped scoops and consistently reasonable prices without compromise to its quality.

The history of California’s citrus industry is preserved at the Citrus State Historic Park.

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When life gives you a really big lemon, you make a hotel room out of it.