Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Understand Coastal
California
Growing pains are par for the course on this Pacific coast of dreams, an ongoing
social experiment and multicultural mosaic.
From Native Americans and Spanish missions to water wars, earthquakes and so-
cial protests, here's how California evolved.
Eat like an
Iron Chef
judge and tipple sun-kissed wines, then find fresh seafood
shacks, farmers markets and food trucks.
Find out why Californians work so hard - and play even harder. Bust the myths and
stereotypes, and uncover the realities.
Get in touch with coastal California's soulful side: it's a New World of architecture,
art, stories, screens and sound.
Hug the world's tallest trees and spot iconic coastal wildlife, from gargantuan gray
whales to delicate monarch butterflies.
