The birth of Los Cabos began during the 18th century, when Jesuit friars first established a mission at San José del Cabo.

Long before Napa made California wine famous, the roots of California wine were planted—literally—by Franciscan missionaries along the California Mission Trail. ByLayne Randolph, Contributor. Forbes ...

The missions—built between 1769 and 1823 and extending in a chain of 600 miles from Sonoma to San Diego—stand as symbols of California's Spanish colonial past. Pictured is San Miguel's bell tower.

On Jan. 13, 1777 Padre Thomas Peña, under the direction of Padre Junípero Serra, officially founded Mission Santa Clara de Asís, the eighth of California’s 21 missions. Located along El Camino Real, ...

Spanish missions that dot the landscape in California today exist as centers of historical interpretation. Visitors to California, residents of the state, and school children often turn to these sites ...

The stained glass windows in the Mission Dolores Basilica depict the 21 Spanish missions in Alta California, the northern territory of New Spain established in 1804. The windows were made for the ...

The Camino de California reconnects Catholics with the land, saints and communities that shaped the Church in the West. Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego, California, is a stopping ...

A statue of Junipero Serra, the Franciscan priest who helped to establish the Spanish missions in California, was torn down by protesters in Sacramento’s Capitol Park on Saturday night after a day of ...

Armed with a first-class relic of St. Junípero Serra, more than 300 faithful began their pilgrimage from Mission Santa Barbara to the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, in Ventura, California, Aug.