Step inside and look closely at these walls and ceilings. Historians say this is the only California mission with its original interior paint — boldly colorful designs that were probably applied ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Beneath the parish, there's a secret crypt that houses the burial places of Mexican independence fighters, alongside former president Anastasio Bustamente. You can't normally ...

The adobe Mission San Miguel Arcangel is the oldest and most important thing in this little agricultural town, 190 miles south of San Francisco. From the outside, the boxy mission church looks fairly ...

Walls pulled apart, statues broke into pieces and a crack appeared that runs the length of the church, but the state’s most dilapidated mission, San Miguel Arcangel in Central California, surprised ...