Yosemite National Park is a bucket list destination for many, but near it lies this gem of a California mountain town that seems almost stuck in time.

Grover Beach earned its unusual claim to fame as the only California beach where you can legally drive your car right onto the sand after your weekend road trip. This Central Coast town sits next to ...

No, this isn’t the setting of a romantic novel – it’s Carmel-by-the-Sea, a real-life coastal haven tucked along California’s Monterey Peninsula that seems to exist in a parallel universe where stress ...

Map of Big Sur area, showing travelers where the best hotels and attractions are located.