It’s on full display at Taliesen West, the birthplace of modern American design.

St. Helena is Napa Valley’s quaint, thirst-quenching heart.

Whale populations are booming, so celebrate their amazing recovery with a local whale-watching trip.

Industry, activism, and art meet here, at the shores of the bay.

Head south for a weekend retreat that takes in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Los Altos, and Half Moon Bay.

The founder of Wild Oakland, Constance Taylor and some friends started California Center for Natural History, a nonprofit naturalist collective, to teach the public urban ecology.

Animal phenomena abound in the East Bay, so here’s where to see ladybugs converging, newts migrating, and night herons nesting. Or maybe you’d rather lay eyes on grunions, tarantulas, prairie falcons, harbor seals, and other critters.

See ‘The Rock,’ paddle the bay, bird watch, and hike the woodlands.

Find the quintessential West Coast getaway in this iconic California seaside town, a coastal crossroads of vintage and modern, redwoods and surf, kid-friendly and romantic, sleepy and packed with fun-in-the-sun.

Discover graves, ghosts, chowder, and the Mavericks’ monster waves at this town teetering on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.