Not every California city enchants like Carmel ... where you can take in these native trees and the protected cove of Carmel Bay. Then, there are the charming idiosyncrasies forged by mankind.

On California’s Central Coast, three storybook enclaves draw visitors with dramatic cliffs, sandy beaches, zany architecture ...

There’s a spot, along the the sixth fairway, where the curtain of trees is pulled ... where the shock and awe of California's Pebble Beach, between Monterey and Carmel, begins to overtake ...