There are so many things to do in Santa Cruz; it just might be our favorite city in the state! With miles and miles of ...

You can also stop in to the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum along your stroll, which is stationed inside the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse. Recent travelers and locals said West Cliff Drive is a must-do.

On a spring day in Santa Cruz, visitors have a perplexing ... Steamer Lane surf break, a handsome lighthouse (which has a little surfing museum inside) and a surfer statue before it ends at ...

dating to 1904 with the founding collection of Santa Cruz lighthouse keeper and naturalist, Laura Hecox. Born in Santa Cruz after her parents had traveled overland from Illinois, she was ...

The sea otter floated on her back and held her napping pup in a kelp bed offshore from the Santa Cruz Lighthouse. “It was kind of an emotional moment. We all need good news in this world right ...