We've all been there, on the beach, looking at our sad, wet, dilapidated sand castle and wondering what went wrong. Science has the answer, of course. New research suggests that the less water you ...

Students from San Francisco schools swarm over Ocean Beach for the annual sandcastle contest Saturday. At right, a participant from Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary throws water on his team's entry.

CONEY ISLAND, N.Y. -- The beach is empty. It's 7:45 a.m. Along comes Matt Long and his wheelbarrow full of tools and buckets, ready to create magic on the sands of Coney Island. For the last 15 years, ...

Brian Denny and his two sons couldn’t contain their shock Sunday. The trio had just been announced as the group winner of the of the International Surf Festival’s sand castle design contest for their ...

Joining the summer tourists at the beach this month was The Early Show correspondent Melinda Murphy who went to the 16th annual New Jersey Sand Castle contest in Belmar, where travelers are going more ...

Brian Denny and his two sons couldn’t contain their shock Sunday. The trio had just been announced as the group winner of the of the International Surf Festival’s sand castle design contest for their ...