The Best Sunset Magazine Covers of the Decade

This cheerful yellow teardrop trailer made us want to head into the wild, pop open the hatchback, and stargaze the spring away.

We couldn’t resist this zoom-in on the fiery petals of a dahlia. The enticing dahlia does double duty, adding a vibrant pop of color to your garden and attracting nature’s pollinators.

Some pictures are made for the ages, like this once-in-a-lifetime Grand Canyon shot by our staff photographer, Thomas J. Story.

This fetching Pacific Northwest home—call it a cabin, if you will—captured our deepest desires to dwell in the misty Key Peninsula woods. When you’re inside this home, you still feel like you’re outside on Puget Sound.

Becoming a parent doesn’t have to end your camping career, we promised in one story. To help, we shared real-life tips from a staffer and his family, a guide to the 10 best family campgrounds (including this one on the Mendocino Coast), and a recipe for Cowboy Hot Dogs that could be served plain or fully loaded.

This idyllic Santa Barbara vignette of a sunset family surf session introduced our readers to the West’s best small towns, including the best waterfront view and the best sustainable town.

This cover brought the brisk winter air and the smell of fir trees right to our nostrils. We can’t imagine a better day than one at the Christmas tree farm with our loved ones, picking the perfect centerpiece for our living room.

Autumn had us swooping down to Northern Baja for the conveniently close Guadalupe Valley wine scene, where soaking in an infinity pool offers a view of vineyards.

This collector’s edition commemorated 120 years of Sunset with a celebration of how the West has changed the world, from the first national park to solar power.

For our annual camping issue, we set off on a coastal camping trip with two surfer chefs in a 1968 Land Rover, making shakshuka by the sea.

The perfect way to spend your desert holiday? Our editors were enchanted with this one-of-a-kind Tucson inn on the edge of Saguaro National Park featuring Fireclay Tile floors, saguaro rib ceilings, beehive fireplaces, and a canyon pool with a waterfall.