Melanie Haiken
Contributing Writer, Via
Melanie Haiken is an award-winning writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area who covers travel, health, science, and the environment for numerous national and regional magazines and websites.
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Her work has also appeared in CNN, Forbes, Parade, AFAR, Health, Real Simple, and the Washington Post.
Education
- Master's in Journalism, Bachelor of Arts in English, University of California, Berkeley
Articles by Melanie Haiken
Venture to family farms and artisan creameries on road trips in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Utah’s lesser-known red rock park offers slot canyons, petrified dunes, and rare desert wildlife.
From weather to wildlife and more, here’s what to expect on an expedition
Climb cinder cones, clamber into lava tubes, cross obsidian flows, and sleep under starry skies.
Want to get away next weekend? It’s not too late to land a spot at sea.
Get your camera ready for candy-striped canyons, chiseled rock spires, and starry, starry skies.
Fall in gold country means harvest celebrations, revisiting mining history, and prime leaf peeping.
Grants Pass, a onetime logging and mining town, is a great place to chill out on a hot summer day.
Tumbling rivers, hot springs, and historic gold mining towns are just some of the riches here.
Find out what cabin to book, when to arrive, and more.
These historic towns along Highway 49 offer great food, hospitality, architecture, and scenery.
Slot canyons, scenic viewpoints, and a Lake Powell are highlights of a visit.