Los Angeles

Sandstone Peak & Santa Monica Mountains Traverse

Sandstone Peak is the highest summit in the Santa Monica Mountains at 3,111 feet — a full-day ridge traverse through chaparral and volcanic rock with Pacific Ocean views in every direction, capped by an evening at a classic Malibu roadside seafood spot on PCH.

Laguna Beach Tide Pools & Arts Colony

Laguna Beach manages to be simultaneously the best tide pool destination on the Southern California coast and one of California's oldest continuously active artist colonies — a compact downtown of galleries and restaurants surrounded by 30 coves and beaches, all within an hour of LA.

Palm Springs Mid-Century Modernism & Cultural Highlights

Palm Springs is the world's largest concentration of Mid-Century Modern architecture — a resort city built for Hollywood's golden age that preserved everything when development stopped in the 1980s. Beyond the architecture, the city holds an exceptional art museum, a trove of celebrity history, and a downtown dining scene that punches well above its size.